NEWS-PRESS AND GAZETTE CO. v. CATHCART

No. WD 54859.

974 S.W.2d 576 (1998)

THE NEWS-PRESS AND GAZETTE COMPANY, Respondent, v. David O. CATHCART, D.O., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Denied July 28, 1998.

Application to Transfer Denied September 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hershel D. Shepherd, St. Joseph, for appellant.

Errol D. Taylor, Brown, Douglas and Brown, St. Joseph, for respondent.

Before ULRICH, C.J., and SMART and LAURA DENVIR STITH, JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied July 28, 1998.

ULRICH, Chief Judge.

David Cathcart, the appointed medical examiner of Buchanan County, appeals the trial court's judgment ordering him to make available to the News-Press and Gazette Company (News-Press) the autopsy report of Melanie Sherman in accordance with the Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, RSMo. He argues that the medical examiner is not a public governmental body as defined...

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