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CITY OF RIVERDALE v. DIERCKS

No. 09-1670.

806 N.W.2d 643 (2011)

CITY OF RIVERDALE, Iowa, Appellant, v. Allen DIERCKS, Marie Randol, and Tammie Picton, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Motto of Bush, Motto, Creen, Koury & Halligan, P.L.C., Davenport, for appellant.

Michael J. Meloy of Koos and Meloy, Bettendorf, for appellees.

WATERMAN, Justice.

"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants." Justice Louis Brandeis, What Publicity Can Do, Harper's Weekly, Dec. 20, 1913. This concept animates state and federal laws allowing public scrutiny of government records—shining the light of day on the actions of our public officials deters misconduct that thrives in darkness. But open records laws are complex, replete with valid exceptions, and subject to abuse by serial requesters...

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