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TIMES PICAYUNE PUB. CORP. v. BD. OF SUP'RS

No. 2002 CA 2551.

845 So.2d 599 (2003)

THE TIMES PICAYUNE PUBLISHING CORPORATION and Susan Finch v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Dr. William L. Jenkins as President of the Louisiana State University System and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors, the State of Louisiana Through the Division of Administration and William J. Kling, Jr., Acting State Risk Director and Deputy Undersecretary of the Division of Administration.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Swanson, Loretta G. Mince, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellees The Times Picayune Publishing Corporation and Susan Finch.

Bruce Cranner, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellants LSU Board of Supervisors.

Before: FOIL, MCCLENDON, and KLINE, JJ.

KLINE, J., Judge Pro Tem.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment and the issuance of a writ of mandamus holding that specific documents reflecting payment made by the State in settling a lawsuit were public records and ordering the State's Office of Risk Management to allow public access to those documents. From this judgment, the State has appealed. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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