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ST. PETER HERALD v. CITY OF ST. PETER

No. C9-91-1675.

496 N.W.2d 812 (1993)

ST. PETER HERALD and The Free Press, Appellants, v. CITY OF ST. PETER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Anfinson, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Grant K. Wacker, Brandt & Wacker, St. Peter, for respondent.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Nancy J. Bode, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kenneth H. Bayliss, III, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae, State of Minn.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

COYNE, Justice.

Does the Minnesota Data Practices Act require compliance with a request to make public a letter which puts a city on notice of claimed damages? The trial court ruled that the Data Practices Act does not require the city to produce the notice of claim, and a divided panel of the court of appeals affirmed. We reverse, albeit reluctantly, and hold that the city is required to produce the notice of claim.

The facts are undisputed: On June 24, 1991...

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