STATE EX REL. BH MEDIA GROUP v. FRAKES

Nos. S-18-604 through S-18-606, S-19-027 through S-19-029.

943 N.W.2d 231 (2020)

305 Neb. 780

STATE of Nebraska EX REL. BH MEDIA GROUP, INC., doing business as Omaha World-Herald, appellee and cross-appellant, v. Scott FRAKES, in his official capacity as director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, appellant and cross-appellee. State of Nebraska ex rel. Lee Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Lincoln Journal Star, appellee and cross-appellant, v. Scott Frakes, in his official capacity as director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, appellant and cross-appellee. State of Nebraska ex rel. Amy A. Miller and ACLU of Nebraska Foundation, appellees and cross-appellants, v. Scott Frakes, in his official capacity as director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, appellant and cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed May 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General, and Ryan S. Post , Lincoln, for appellant.

Shawn D. Renner , of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Lincoln, for appellees BH Media Group, Inc., and Lee Enterprises, Inc.

Christopher Eickholt , of Eickholt Law, L.L.C., for appellees Amy A. Miller and ACLU of Nebraska Foundation.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, Freudenberg, JJ., and Moore, Judge.


Scott Frakes, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS), appeals from writs of mandamus ordering the disclosure, pursuant to the Nebraska public records statutes, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-712 through 84-712.09 (Reissue 2014, Cum. Supp. 2018 & Supp. 2019), of records related to DCS' efforts to acquire...

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