GANNETT RIVER STATES PUB. v. HUSSEY

No. 21,586-CA.

557 So.2d 1154 (1990)

GANNETT RIVER STATES PUBLISHING d/b/a The Times, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John B. HUSSEY and the City of Shreveport, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied May 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

City of Shreveport, Office of the City Atty. by Charles C. Grubb, Lydia M. Rhodes, Shreveport, for defendants-appellants.

Tucker, Jeter, Jackson & Hickman by W. Lake Hearne, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, JONES and SEXTON, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

Defendants bring this civil appeal from a district court judgment ordering them to permit plaintiff access to all records held by defendants relating to applicants for the position of chief of the Shreveport Fire Department. For reasons which will be considered below, we affirm.

FACTS

Following an announcement by its long-time chief that he intended to retire from the Shreveport Fire Department, the city of Shreveport contracted the...

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