GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE v. SHERIFF

No. 89-86.

775 P.2d 1267 (1989)

GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE COMPANY, INC., Petitioner and Respondent, v. CASCADE COUNTY SHERIFF, Barry Michelotti, and City of Great Falls, a Municipal corp., Respondents and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Gliko, City Atty., Great Falls, for respondents and appellants.

Peter Michael Meloy, Helena, for petitioner and respondent.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

The City of Great Falls appeals from an order of the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, that the City must publicly disclose the names of three law enforcement officers disciplined as the result of a November 30, 1988, incident. We affirm.

The issue is whether the privacy rights of the individual police officers exceed the merits of public disclosure of the names of the officers in the Great Falls Tribune...

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