HAWK EYE v. JACKSON

No. 93-666.

521 N.W.2d 750 (1994)

The HAWK EYE and William Mertens, Appellees, v. Patrick C. JACKSON, Appellant, Iowa Department of Public Safety, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and Jeffrey D. Farrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Gene R. Krekel and H. Craig Miller of Hirsch, Adams, Krekel, Putnam & Cahill, Burlington, for appellees.

Susan M. Boe and Michael A. Giudicessi of Faegre & Benson, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Freedom of Information Council.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns a county attorney's refusal to produce an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation file for inspection by a newspaper. After weighing the interests of the public on the issue, the district court ordered the official to turn over the file. We affirm.

In the spring of 1991, Steve Sands, a reporter for the Burlington newspaper, The Hawk Eye, wrote a series of articles aimed at local reaction to the highly publicized...

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