DESERET NEWS PUB. CO. v. SALT LAKE COUNTY

No. 20060454.

182 P.3d 372 (2008)

2008 UT 26

DESERET NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, publisher of the Deseret Morning News, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SALT LAKE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Utah, and the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey J. Hunt, David C. Reymann, Michael T. Hoppe, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Lohra L. Miller, Valerie M. Wilde, Salt Lake City, for defendants.


NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this appeal, we are called upon to decide whether Salt Lake County's decision to deny the Deseret Morning News access to an investigative report of alleged sexual harassment was a lawful application of Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act, commonly known as GRAMA. The district court concluded that the County properly withheld the report. We disagree and reverse.

BACKGROUND

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