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BROWN v. IOWA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

No. 91-647.

490 N.W.2d 551 (1992)

Ralph R. BROWN, Appellant, v. IOWA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and Legislative Service Bureau, Appellees, Election Data Services, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Serangeli and Michael E. Marshall of Smith, Schneider, Stiles, Mumford, Schrage, Zurek, Wimer & Hudson, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Kathy Mace Skinner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees Iowa Legislative Council and Legislative Service Bureau.

Mark E. Schantz, Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee Election Data Services, Inc.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

A citizen taxpayer seeks access to computer data purchased with public funds by the General Assembly for use in legislative redistricting. The trial court determined that the data was a trade secret, owned by the intervenor-vendor that prepared it. The trial court refused to order disclosure and we affirm.

A provision in the Iowa Constitution, article III, section 35, requires the General Assembly to establish election districts every ten...

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