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BLETHEN MAINE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. STATE

871 A.2d 523 (2005)

2005 ME 56

BLETHEN MAINE NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. STATE of Maine et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Piper, Esq., Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq. (orally), Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley, LLC, Portland, for plaintiff.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Leanne Robbin, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), William R. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Frederick C. Moore, Esq., Thomas R. Kelly, Esq., Robinson Kriger & McCallum, Portland, (for Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland), Keith R. Varner, Esq., Lipman, Katz & McKee, P.A, Augusta, (for Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests and Voice of the Faithful), for amici curiae.

Dissent: ALEXANDER, J.

LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] This case requires us to address the unique nature of investigatory records held by a government prosecutor and the circumstances in which those records must be disclosed pursuant to Maine's Freedom of Access Act (FOAA), 1 M.R.S.A. §§ 401-410 (1989 & Supp.2004).

[¶ 2] Blethen Maine Newspapers requested Maine's Attorney General to disclose investigative records related to allegations of sexual abuse by eighteen deceased...

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