LAWSON v. OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JACK CONWAY

No. 2011-CA-000210-MR.

LEONARD LAWSON, Appellant, v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JACK CONWAY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY; THE COURIER-JOURNAL, INC.; LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER CO.; AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Guthrie True , Frankfort, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLANT.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, Nicole H. Pang , Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLEE, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JACK CONWAY.

Jon L. Fleischaker , Jeremy S. Rogers , Louisville, Kentucky, BRIEF FOR APPELLEES THE COURIER-JOURNAL, INC., LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER CO., AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

BEFORE: ACREE, CAPERTON AND VANMETER, JUDGES.


OPINION

VANMETER, JUDGE.

Leonard Lawson appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Franklin Circuit Court refusing to grant a permanent injunction to preclude the release of records held by the Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky ("OAG"). The court granted summary judgment in favor of the Courier-Journal, Inc., Lexington Herald-Leader Co., the Associated Press (hereinafter collectively referred to as "News Media") and the OAG, dissolving the temporary...

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