TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO. v. KANSAS DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 86,767.

30 Kan. App.2d 830 (2002)

49 P.3d 554

TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO., INC., Appellee, v. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley A. Stout and Jeffrey E. Goering, of Thompson Stout & Goering, LLC, of Wichita, and Michael B. Rees, of Kansas Department of Transportation, for appellant.

Michael W. Merriam, of Topeka, for appellee.

Before ELLIOTT, P.J., GREEN, J., and PADDOCK, S.J.


ELLIOTT, J.:

In this Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) case, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) appeals the trial court's order granting the Telegram Publishing Company, Inc., (Telegram) attorney fees and costs pursuant to K.S.A. 45-222(c). We reverse.

Relevant background

After KDOT denied a request by Telegram for access to its records on the ratings of railroad crossings in Finney County...

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