HILL v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH

No. 2005 CA 1236.

925 So.2d 17 (2005)

John HILL; Gannett River States Publishing Corporation, d/b/a the Times of Shreveport; the News Star, Monroe; the Daily Advertiser, Lafayette; the Town Talk, Alexandria; and the Opelousas Daily World; and the Louisiana Press Association v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, East Baton Rouge Parish Communications District and Pam Porter.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady D. King, II, A. Jill Futch, Monroe, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants John Hill, et al.

Irys L. Allgood, Special Assistant Parish Attorney, Henry D.H. Olinde, Jr., Scott E. Mercer, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees East Baton Rouge Parish, Department of Emergency Medical Services, et al.

Before: KUHN, GUIDRY, and PETTIGREW, JJ.


PETTIGREW, J.

In this appeal, plaintiffs seek reversal of the trial court's judgment denying their request for issuance of a writ of mandamus based on the court's determination that the 911 tapes for which they submitted a public records request pursuant to Louisiana Public Records Law, La. R.S. 44:1-43 is protected from disclosure based on federal law protections covering private health information and the privacy afforded under the state and federal constitutions...

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