CLYMER v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS

No. 97-1705.

601 N.W.2d 42 (1999)

Wayne CLYMER, Individually and as President of AFSCME, Local 620, Appellees, v. The CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Appellee, Rickie D. Scofield, Individually and as President of International Association of Firefighters Local 11; and Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers, Local 238, Intervenors-Appellees, Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Iowa Newspaper Association, Iowa Broadcasters Association, and The Gazette Company, Intervenors-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bickel and Diane Kutzko of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

J. Richard Johnson and Jeffrey Tron Vold of White & Johnson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee Wayne Clymer.

David F. McGuire, Cedar Rapids, for appellee City of Cedar Rapids.

Crystal L. Usher of Nazette, Marner, Good, Wendt & Knoll, Cedar Rapids, for appellee Rickie D. Scofield.

MacDonald Smith of Smith & McElwain Law Office, Sioux City, for amicus curiae Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The Gazette Company, a newspaper publisher, sought records from the City of Cedar Rapids concerning city employees' sick leave compensation and usage during 1996. Wayne Clymer, individually and as president of AFSCME, Local 620, resisted the request, claiming much of the information sought was confidential and exempt from disclosure under Iowa Code section 22.7(11) (1997).1 Resolving the matter by

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