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LAWRENCE v. JENKINS

Record No. 990030.

521 S.E.2d 523 (1999)

258 Va. 598

Eric R. LAWRENCE, Zoning Administrator, et al. v. Jeffrey G. JENKINS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn R. Williamson, Winchester, for appellants.

J. David Griffin (Beth M. Coyne; Fowler, Griffin, Coyne, Coyne & Patton), Winchester, for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, Inc.; Wilburn C. Dibling, Jr. (Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, on brief) in support of appellants.

Present: All the Justices.

KINSER, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether an individual requesting documents pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is denied rights and privileges conferred by that act when a responding public official chooses to exercise an exemption, redacts the exempt information from the documents, but fails to timely reference the applicable Code section making portions of the requested documents exempt. We conclude that, in this situation, the...

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