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DURHAM HERALD CO., INC. v. LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

No. 9210SC542.

430 S.E.2d 441 (1993)

110 N.C. App. 607

The DURHAM HERALD CO., INC., Chapel Hill Publishing, Inc., The News and Observer Publishing Co., The Chatham News Publishing Company, and The North Carolina Press Association, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The NORTH CAROLINA LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens by Hugh Stevens and Katherine R. White, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellees.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Terry Richard Kane and Asst. Atty. Gen. K.D. Sturgis, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

EAGLES, Judge.

I

This case presents a question of first impression here—whether records made by contractors and subcontractors (contractors) of the Authority, kept by the contractors and not actually received by the Authority are public records, as defined under G.S. § 132-1, requiring disclosure under North Carolina's public records law.

G.S. § 132-1 provides:

"Public record" or "public records" shall mean all documents...

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