Seth A. Rosenthal ( Brian L. Schwalb of Venable LLP, Washington, DC; Deborah A. Jeon of the ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.
Byron L. Warnken , James M. Nichols , Warnken, LLC, Towson, MD, for amicus curiae brief of the Maryland Trooper's Association on Behalf of Petitioner.
David S. Wachen , Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Potomac, MD, for amici curiae brief of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Thirteen News Media Organizations in Support of Respondent.
Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, BARBERA, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned) J.
The Maryland Public Information Act provides that "[a]ll persons are entitled to have access to information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees." Maryland Code (1984, 2009 Repl.Vol., 2012 Supp.), § 10-612(a) of the State Government Article. While the Public Information Act makes access to government information generally available to the public, it also shields...
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