U.S. RIGHT TO KNOW v. UNIV. OF VERMONT

No. 20-110.

255 A.3d 719 (2021)

2021 VT 33

U.S. RIGHT TO KNOW v. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Coteus and Ronald A. Shems of Tarrant, Gillies, Richardson & Shems, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sharon Reich Paulsen , Vice President and General Counsel, and Meghan E. Siket , Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel University of Vermont, Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Robinson, Eaton, Carroll and Cohen, JJ.


¶ 1. In this Public Records Act (PRA) case we are asked to determine whether emails on a university's server sent between a professor and third-party entities, and concerning the work of those entities, qualify as "public records" subject to public inspection. U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) appeals from the superior court's grant of summary...

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