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ARKANSAS GAZETTE CO. v. GOODWIN

No. 90-217.

801 S.W.2d 284 (1990)

304 Ark. 204

ARKANSAS GAZETTE COMPANY and Max Brantley, Appellants, v. Thomas L. GOODWIN, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Carroll, Michael D. Booker, James Hunter Birch, Little Rock, for appellants.

Chris C. Piazza, Pros. Atty., Little Rock, for appellees.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

This is a Freedom of Information Act case. Ark.Code Ann. § 25-19-105 (1987). The issue is whether the records of an investigation of Steve Clark, conducted by the Arkansas State Police and other investigative agencies, should be closed to the public. The trial court held that the investigative file was closed to the public until after Clark's trial. It specifically found in its order that continued publicity would impair the court's obligation...

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