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CARVER-KIMM v. REYNOLDS

No. 22-0005.

992 N.W.2d 591 (2023)

Polly CARVER-KIMM, Appellee, v. Kim REYNOLDS, Pat Garrett, and State of Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 23, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, Samuel P. Langholz (argued), Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey C. Peterzalek and Tessa M. Register , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.

Thomas J. Duff (argued) and Jim T. Duff of Duff Law Firm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, for appellee.

Jessica A. Zupp of Zupp and Zupp Law Firm, P.C., Denison, for amicus curiae Iowa Freedom of Information Council.

Jessica A. Zupp of Zupp and Zupp Law Firm, P.C., Denison, and Peter E. Larsen of Larsen Law Firm, PLLC, Urbandale, for amicus curiae Iowa Association for Justice.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., Waterman, and Mansfield, JJ., joined. McDonald, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Oxley and May, JJ., joined.

Polly Carver-Kimm sued the State of Iowa, the Governor, and the Governor's communications director for wrongful discharge of her employment with the Iowa Department of Public Health. Carver-Kimm alleges that she was forced out of her job because of her refusal to stifle public records requests to the department during the early...

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