CYPRESS MEDIA, INC. v. CITY OF OVERLAND PARK

No. 82,353.

268 Kan. 407 (2000)

997 P.2d 681

CYPRESS MEDIA, INC. d/b/a THE KANSAS CITY STAR, Appellee, v. CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Nick Badgerow, of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Eric W. Smith, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellant.

Timothy K. McNamara, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and W. Joseph Hatley and Jason M. Sneed, of Lathrop & Gage L.C., of Overland Park, were with him on the brief for appellee.

Donald L. Moler, Jr., general counsel, and Kimberly A. Gulley and Larry A. Kleeman, were on the brief for amicus curiae League of Kansas Municipalities.

Paige A. Nichols, of Lawrence, and James F. Vano, of Overland Park, were on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

J. Steven Pigg, of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, L.L.P., of Topeka, was on the brief for amicus curiae Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

LARSON, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal by the City of Overland Park (City) from an order requiring it to make available to Cypress Media, Inc. d/b/a The Kansas City Star (Star) unredacted copies of its 1996 attorney billing statements from outside counsel following a request by the Star under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA or Act), K.S.A. 45-215 et seq. The...

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