Louisiana sunshine lawsuits
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Here is a list of major FOIA court decisions and their affect on the Louisiana Public Records Act.
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon below the Year heading)
| Article | Year | Precedent |
|---|---|---|
| Angelo Iafrate Constr., L.L.C. v. State of Louisiana | 2004 | This case established that if a constitutional right to privacy could be established for personal records, the exemption protecting those personal records must be weighed against the public interest in the release of those records to determine if they are truly exempt. |
| Association of Rights of Citizens v. St. Bernard | 1990 | |
| Bester v. Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on Bar Admissions | 2000 | This case established the separation of the judicial branch and its exemption from public records law in the Louisiana based on the theory of separation of powers. |
| Broderick v. State, Department of Environmental Quality | 2000 | |
| Burkett v. UDS Management | 1999 | |
| Capital City Press v. East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council | 1997 | |
| Common Cause v. Morial | 1987 | |
| Diggs v. Pennington | 2003 | |
| Eastbank Consolidated Special Service Fire Protection District v. Crossen | 2005 | |
| Elliott v. District Attorney of Baton Rouge | 1995 | |
| First Commerce Title Co. Inc. v. Martin | 2005 | This established that individuals have a right to use personal photocopying equipment to copy records within an agencies office, so long as the do not "place" or "install" the equipment. |
| Hatfield v. Bush (I) | 1989 | |
| Hatfield v. Bush (II) | 1990 | |
| Hill v. East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services | 2006 | This case established that 911 recordings are confidential and exempt from records requests. |
| Hill v. Mamoulides | 1986 | This case established that failure to respond to records requests within the time limits established by the Louisiana Public Records Act did not result in a forfeit of the right to claim exemption from records requests. |
| Hilliard v. Litchfield | 2002 | |
| Joseph v. Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of St. Mary | 2001 | |
| Kyle v. Perrilloux | 2003 | This court determined that the fact that documents originated in a different department did not affect whether or not the current public agency had custody and control of those documents. |
| Landis v. Moreau | 2001 | This case established that the exemption for attorney work product was not a broad exemption but demanded redaction and released of factual information contained in the document. |
| Local 100, SEIU v. Smith | 2003 | |
| Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on Bar Admissions v. Roberts | 2001 | |
| Phillips v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University | 1980 | |
| Plaquemines Parish Council v. Petrovich | 1994 | |
| Reeves v. Orleans Parish School Board | 1973 | |
| St. Mary Anesthesia Association Inc. v. Hospital Service District No. 2 of Parish of St. Mary | 2001 | |
| State of Louisiana v. Jean | 2003 | |
| State of Louisiana v. Nicholls College Foundation | 1992 | This case established that a private corporation must both recieve public funds and act in a public capacity in order to be considered a public entity, all of whose records are subject to request. This case also established that separate spending records highlighting the use of state funds and non-state funds was sufficient to protect the records of non-state funds from public records requests. |
| Times Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Board of Supervisors | 2003 | This case established that there was no exemption within the Louisiana Public Records Act to protect settlements of lawsuits in which the state is a party. |
| Vourvoulias v. Movassaghi | 2005 | This case determined that the Louisiana Public Records Act allows only requests made individuals who directly and personally submit a request for records. |
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