GUARD PUB. v. LANE CTY. SCH. D. NO. 4J

TC 16-87-04186; CA A48087; SC S36246.

791 P.2d 854 (1990)

310 Or. 32

GUARD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner On Review, v. LANE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4J, Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided May 10, 1990.

Reconsideration Denied June 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Smith, Eugene, argued the cause, for petitioner on review. With him on the petition was, Cass, Scott, Woods & Smith, Eugene.

Joe B. Richards, Eugene, argued the cause, for respondent on review. On the response to the petition were, Joel S. DeVore and Luvaas, Cobb, Richards & Fraser, P.C., Eugene.

Robert D. Durham, Elizabeth McKanna, and Durham, Smith, Wiser and Gamson, Portland, filed a brief amicus curiae, for Oregon Educ. Ass'n.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and LINDE, CARSON, JONES, GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN and FADELEY, JJ.


VAN HOOMISSEN, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the names and addresses of replacement teachers hired by a school district during a teachers' strike are public records which may be exempted from disclosure under ORS 192.502(2). We hold that such information may not be exempted absent an individualized showing of justification for exemption. Accordingly, a school district policy exempting such information without an individualized showing of justification...

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