SINGING RIVER ELEC. POWER ASS'N v. STATE, DEQ

No. 94-CA-00645-SCT.

693 So.2d 368 (1997)

SINGING RIVER ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION v. STATE of Mississippi, Through its Agency, the MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Abide, Compton, James N. Compton, Crowell & Hewitt, Biloxi, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, James M. Hood, III, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and BANKS and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

Singing River Electric Power Association sued to obtain the identities of various informants who told DEQ that Singing River was improperly disposing of regulated environmental waste. Singing River appeals from the chancery court's conclusion that it was not entitled to obtain the identities of DEQ's informants pursuant to a statutory privilege. We conclude that the lower court correctly found that the desired reports were exempt from...

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