GANNETT CO. v. DE CRIM. JUSTICE INFO. SYS.

Civil Action No. 98C-03-305-HLA.

768 A.2d 508 (1999)

GANNETT CO., t/a the News Journal, and Robert Long, Plaintiffs, v. DELAWARE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM, a Delaware agency; Ronald J. Torgerson, Executive Director of Deljis; Department of Public Safety, a Delaware agency; Karen L. Johnson, Secretary of Public Safety; Delaware State Police; Colonel Allen D. Ellingsworth, Superintendent of State Police; State Bureau of Identification, a Delaware agency; David E. Deputy, Director of the Bureau; M. Jane Brady, Delaware Attorney General, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Elliot, Jr., and Jennifer C. Bebko, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for Plaintiffs.

Michael J. Rich, State Solicitor, and W. Michael Tupman, Deputy Attorney General, of the Department of Justice, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALFORD, Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The News Journal is a daily newspaper distributed throughout Delaware, Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. After the denial of its request for arrest and conviction data pursuant to the Delaware Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 29 Del. C., Ch. 100, The News Journal's owner, Gannett Co., Inc...

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