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MAINETODAY MEDIA, INC. v. STATE

Docket No. Cum-13-155.

82 A.3d 104 (2013)

2013 ME 100

MAINETODAY MEDIA, INC. v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq. (orally), and Jonathan G. Mermin, Esq. , Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, for appellant MaineToday Media, Inc.

Janet T. Mills , Attorney General, and William R. Stokes , Dep. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee State of Maine.

Patrick Strawbridge, Esq. , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for amici curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, New England First Amendment Center, Maine Association of Broadcasters, Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, Maine Press Association, and Associated Press.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] MaineToday Media, Inc., d/b/a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) upholding the State of Maine's denial of Maine Today's request to inspect and copy Enhanced 9-1-1 (E-9-1-1) call transcripts. MaineToday argues that the Freedom of Access Act (FOAA), 1 M.R.S. §§ 400-414 (2012), mandates disclosure of the transcripts as public records and that no...

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