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WICHITA EAGLE & BEACON PUBLISHING CO. v. SIMMONS

No. 87,374.

274 Kan. 194 (2002)

50 P.3d 66

WICHITA EAGLE AND BEACON PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., and ROBERT SHORT, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. CHARLES E. SIMMONS, in his capacity as Secretary of Corrections for the State of Kansas, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tretbar, of Fleeson, Cooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., of Wichita, argued the cause, and Lyndon W. Vix, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellants/cross-appellees.

Lisa A. Mendoza and Edward F. Britton, Jr., special assistant attorneys general, argued the cause and were on the brief for appellee/cross-appellant.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ABBOTT, J.:

Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Company, Inc. (Wichita Eagle) and Robert Short, a reporter with Wichita Eagle, sought an order and judgment in mandamus to compel Charles Simmons, Secretary of Corrections for the State of Kansas, to provide them with access to and/or copies of correctional records, including documents which would identify releasees who were charged with murder or manslaughter from 1996...

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