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FREUDENTHAL v. CHEYENNE NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Nos. S-09-0183, S-09-0184.

233 P.3d 933 (2010)

2010 WY 80

David D. FREUDENTHAL, Governor of the State of Wyoming, and Dr. Brent Sherard, Director of the Department of Health, in their capacity as custodian of records, Appellants (Defendants), v. CHEYENNE NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Wyoming corporation, Appellee (Plaintiff). Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. David D. Freudenthal, Governor of the State of Wyoming, and Dr. Brent Sherard, Director of the Department of Health, in their capacity as custodian of records, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants in Case No. S-09-0183: Bruce A. Salzburg, Wyoming Attorney General.

Representing Appellee in Case No. S-09-0183: Bruce T. Moats of Law Office of Bruce T. Moats, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Amicus Curiae Wyoming Education Association, Equality State Policy Center and Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association in Case No. S-09-0184: Patrick E. Hacker and Erin M. Kendall of Hacker, Hacker & Kendall, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and BURKE, JJ.

KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Declining mineral revenue required the Governor of the State of Wyoming, David D. Freudenthal (the Governor), to request budget reduction plans from all state agencies. Claiming the budget reduction plans were public records under Wyoming's Public Records Act (WPRA), Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 16-4-201 through 16-4-205 (LexisNexis 2009), Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. (the Newspaper) requested copies of the plans the Department of Family Services...

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