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KLEIN v. IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BD.

No. 20-0657.

968 N.W.2d 220 (2021)

Adam KLEIN, Appellant, v. IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BOARD, Appellee. Burlington Police Department and Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigations, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas D. Ott of Ott Law DSM, Des Moines, Rita Bettis Austen (argued) and Shefali Aurora of ACLU of Iowa Foundation, Inc., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Emily Willits (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Iowa Public Information Board.

Holly A. Corkery (argued) of Lynch Dallas, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for intervenor-appellee Burlington Police Department.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Jeffrey C. Peterzalek , Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor-appellee Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigations.

Mansfield, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all participating justices joined. McDermott, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

I. Introduction.

This open records case arising out of a tragic shooting requires us to interpret and apply the Iowa Public Information Board Act. The legislature adopted that act less than a decade ago, in 2012. It has not previously been before us.

In 2015, a police officer responding to a 911 call about a...

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