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[edit] 2010

Lawsuit	State
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Office of the Governor	Rhode Island
Burnett (Cimino) v. Gloucester County	New Jersey
Dallas v. Abbott	Texas
Fair Share Housing Center v. New Jersey League of Municipalities	New Jersey
Freudenthal v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc.	Wyoming
Gench v. Hunterdon County	New Jersey
Howell Education Association v. Howell Board of Education	Michigan
McCarthy v. Town of Windermere	Florida
Monmouth County v. Asbury Park Press	New Jersey
Pocono Record v. ESU Foundation	Pennsylvania
Republican Party v. New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department	New Mexico
Valvo v. Freedom of Information Commission	Connecticut
Wyoming Tribune Eagle v. Governor Dave Freudenthal	Wyoming

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[edit] 2009

Lawsuit	State
ACLU v. City of Seattle	Washington
Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova v. Frank D. Brown	Texas
City of Federal Way v. Koenig	Washington
Dixon v. Superior Court	California
Goddard v. City of Albany	Georgia
Harold Carey v. Mason County	Washington
Lake v. City of Phoenix	Arizona
Mark O. Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unity School District 200	Illinois
McBurney and Hurlbert v. McDonnell	Virginia
Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound v. City of Des Moines	Washington
The Associated Press v. Canterbury	West Virginia
Vanette Webb v. School Board of Escambia County	Florida
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims	Washington
Zellner v. Herrick	Wisconsin

[edit] 2008

Lawsuit	State
Charleston Gazette v. City of Charleston	West Virginia
Denver Post v. Ritter	Colorado
Lautenschlager v. Gunderson	Wisconsin
Lorenzo v. City of Venice	Florida
Mail Tribune v. Michael Winters	Oregon
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. Department of Administration	Wisconsin
O’Neill v. City of Shoreline	Washington
Ritter v. Brad Jones	Colorado
Sands v. Whitnall School District	Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin v. Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation	Wisconsin
WIREdata, Inc. v. Village of Sussex	Wisconsin
Watton v. Hegerty	Wisconsin

[edit] 2007

Lawsuit	State
Soter v. Cowles Publishing	Washington
State ex rel. Upper Republican Natural Resources District v. District Judges of the District Court for Chase County	Nebraska
Tennessean v. Tennessee Department of Personnel	Tennessee
Zellner v. Cedarburg School District	Wisconsin

[edit] 2006

Lawsuit	State
COMPS v. Town of Islip	New York
Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District	California
City of Baltimore Development Corporation v. Carmel Realty Associates	Maryland
Courier-Journal v. City of Louisville	Kentucky
Hill v. East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services	Louisiana
Lee v. Minner	Delaware
The Tennessean v. Powers Management/Allen v. Day	Tennessee

[edit] 2005

Lawsuit	State
Asbury Park Press v. New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation	New Jersey
Asbury Park Press v. Township of Neptune Sewerage Authority	New Jersey
Bowling v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government	Kentucky
Carlsbad Current-Argus and New Mexico Foundation for Open Government v. City of Carlsbad	New Mexico
Clarion-Ledger v. Entergy Mississippi	Mississippi
Courier-Journal v. Kentucky High School Athletics Association	Kentucky
Courier-Journal v. University of Louisville Foundation	Kentucky
Desert Sun v. Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority	California
Detroit Free Press v. City of Allen Park	Michigan
Detroit Free Press v. City of Detroit	Michigan
Detroit Free Press v. Michigan Attorney General	Michigan
Eastbank Consolidated Special Service Fire Protection District v. Crossen	Louisiana
First Commerce Title Co. Inc. v. Martin	Louisiana
Gannett New Jersey Partners v. County of Middlesex	New Jersey
Gannett v. Department of Health and Social Services	Virginia
Hempel v. City of Baraboo	Wisconsin
In Defense of Animals v. OHSU	Oregon
Perez v. City Univ. of New York	New York
State of Ohio v. Allen	Ohio
State of Vermont v. Edgar Whitney	Vermont
Tennessean v. Bureau of TennCare	Tennessee
The Cincinnati Enquirer v. Walter Handy and Malcolm Adcock	Ohio
Times of Trenton v. Lafayette Yard CDC	New Jersey
Versaci v. Superior Court	California
Vourvoulias v. Movassaghi	Louisiana

[edit] 2004

Lawsuit	State
Angelo Iafrate Constr., L.L.C. v. State of Louisiana	Louisiana
Asbury Park Press v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office	New Jersey
Bakersfield City School Dist. v. Superior Court	California
Breighner v. Michigan High School Athletic Assoc.	Michigan
City of Burlington v. Boney Publishers	North Carolina
Hangartner v. City of Seattle	Washington
McCormick v. Hanson Aggregates Southeast	North Carolina
Newsday v. State Department of Transportation	New York
Professional Firefighters of N.H. v. Healthtrust Inc.	New Hampshire
State ex rel. WBNS TV Inc. v. Dues	Ohio
Swift v. Campbell	Tennessee
Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Talladega v. Consolidated Publishing Inc.	Alabama

[edit] 2003

Lawsuit	State
CFI Steel v. Office of Air Pollution Control	Colorado
Community and Labor United for Baltimore Charter Committee (CLUB) v. Baltimore City Board of Elections	Maryland
Coronado Police Officers Association v. Carroll	California
Diggs v. Pennington	Louisiana
Fuller v. City of Homer	Alaska
Indianapolis Star v. Trustees of Indiana University	Indiana
Kyle v. Perrilloux	Louisiana
Local 100, SEIU v. Smith	Louisiana
State of Louisiana v. Jean	Louisiana
State of West Virginia v. Brotherton	West Virginia
Times Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Board of Supervisors	Louisiana
Wick v. Montrose County Board of County Commissioners	Colorado

[edit] 2002

Lawsuit	State
Allsop v. Cheyenne Newspapers	Wyoming
Bryan v. Yellowstone County Elementary School District No. 2	Montana
Coalition to Save Horsebarn Hill v. FOIC	Connecticut
Detroit News v. Policemen and Firemen Retirement System	Michigan
Evans County Board of Commissioners v. The Claxton Enterprise	Georgia
Hilliard v. Litchfield	Louisiana
Linzmeyer v. D.J. Forcey	Wisconsin
Memphis Publishing Co. v. Cherokee Children & Family Services	Tennessee
Wiggins v. The Board of Commissioners of Tift County, GA	Georgia

[edit] 2001

Lawsuit	State
Bryan County Board of Equalization v. Bryan County Board of Tax Assessors	Georgia
CBS Broadcasting v. Superior Court	California
California State University, Fresno Assn., Inc. v. Superior Court	California
Claxton Enterprise v. Evans County Board of Commissioners	Georgia
Epstein v. Hollywood Entertainment Dist. II Business Improvement Dist.	California
Joseph v. Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of St. Mary	Louisiana
Landis v. Moreau	Louisiana
Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on Bar Admissions v. Roberts	Louisiana
Maxwell v. Carney	Georgia
Mayhew v. Wilde	Tennessee
Moon v. Terrell County et al.	Georgia
Proctor v. White Lake Police Dept.	Michigan
Quality Towing Inc. v. City of Myrtle Beach	South Carolina
St. Mary Anesthesia Association Inc. v. Hospital Service District No. 2 of Parish of St. Mary	Louisiana
State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Krings	Ohio
Town of Burlington v. Hospital Administrative District No. 1	Maine
Wood v. Battle Ground School District	Washington

[edit] 2000

Lawsuit	State
Bester v. Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on Bar Admissions	Louisiana
Broderick v. State, Department of Environmental Quality	Louisiana
Cypress Media v. City of Overland Park	Kansas
DR Partners v. Board of County Commissioners of Clark County	Nevada
Del Papa v. Board Of Regents Of The University and Community College System Of Nevada	Nevada
Denver Post v. Stapleton Development	Colorado
Donrey of Nevada v. Bradshaw	Nevada
Gwich'in Steering Committee v. Office of the Governor	Alaska
Kristen Investment Properties, LLC v. Beaverfork Volunteer Fire Department	Arkansas
Lorig v. Medical Board	California
Maclay v Jones	West Virginia
Schoen v. Cherokee County	Georgia

[edit] 1999

Lawsuit	State
Burkett v. UDS Management	Louisiana
Camden County v. Haddock	Georgia
Cavey v. Walrath	Wisconsin
City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News	Texas
Daily Gazette v. Schenectady	New York
Duncan Publishing v. City of Chicago	Illinois
Federated Publications, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Michigan State University	Michigan
Graham v. Davis County Solid Waste Management & Energy Recovery Special Service District	Utah
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Los Angeles Export Terminal, Inc.	California
Telford v. Thurston County Board of Comissioners	Washington
University of Wyoming v. Gressley	Wyoming

[edit] 1998

Lawsuit	State
Blankenship v. Brazos Higher Education Authority	Texas
Brady v. State of Alaska	Alaska
Citizens for Equal Property Rights v. Board of Supervisors of Lowndes Co.	Mississippi
Domestic Violence Services. v. FOIC	Connecticut
Great Falls Tribune Co. Inc. v. Day	Montana
KSL-TV v. Juab County Sheriff's Office	Utah
North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital	Missouri
Phillips v. Hawthorne	Georgia
Shew v. FOIC	Connecticut
State Defender Union Employees v Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit	Michigan
State ex rel. Freedom Communications Inc. v. Elida Community Fire Company	Ohio
TBC Westlake Inc. v. Hamilton County Board of Revision	Ohio
Tennessean v. Electric Power Board of Nashville	Tennessee
Times-Journal, Inc., d/b/a Marietta Daily Journal v. Cobb County, et al.	Georgia
Tovar v. Texas	Texas
Zubeck v. El Paso County Retirement Plan	Colorado

[edit] 1997

Lawsuit	State
Affiiliated Construction Trades Foundation v. Regional Jail And Correctional Authority	West Virginia
Board of Regents of the Regency University System v. Reynard	Illinois
Capital City Press v. East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council	Louisiana
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co.	Kentucky
People ex rel. Ulrich v. Stukel	Illinois
Sublette County Rural Health Care District v. Miley	Wyoming
Union Leader Corporation v. NH Housing Finance Authority	New Hampshire

[edit] 1996

Lawsuit	State
Beck v. Crisp County Zoning Board of Appeals	Georgia
Capital Information Group v. Office of the Governor	Alaska
City of Helen v. White County News	Georgia
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia Development Office	West Virginia
Federated Publications Inc. v. Boise City	Idaho
Fox Television Stations Inc. v. Clary	Utah
Gray v. Salem-Keizer School District	Oregon
Jackson v. Eastern Michigan University	Michigan
Jolley v. Utah State Senate	Utah
Kentucky Central v. Park Broadcasting	Kentucky
Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	Illinois
Maready v. City of Winston-Salem	North Carolina
McComas v. Board of Education of Fayette County	West Virginia
Scripps League Newspapers v. City of Orem	Utah
State ex rel. Plain Dealer v. Cleveland	Ohio
State of Oklahoma v. Migliaccio	Oklahoma
Wisconsin Newspress, Inc. v. School District of Sheboygan Falls	Wisconsin
Woznicki v. Erickson	Wisconsin

[edit] 1995

Lawsuit	State
Becky v. Butte-Silver Bow Sch. Dist. 1	Montana
City of Hemet v. Superior Court	California
Elliott v. District Attorney of Baton Rouge	Louisiana
Gannon and Nichols v. Iowa Board of Regents	Iowa
Guy v. Judicial Nominating Commission	Delaware
Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu	Hawaii
New York News v. Staten Island	New York
Northwest Georgia Health System, Inc. v. Times-Journal, Inc.	Georgia
Swaney v. Tilford	Arkansas
Tuft v. City of St. Louis	Missouri
Wyoming Department of Transportation v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union 800	Wyoming

[edit] 1994

Lawsuit	State
Armada Broadcasting, Inc. v. Stirn	Wisconsin
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Enterprise Development Corporation	New York
Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks	California
Common Cause v. Statutory Committee	Montana
Crosland v. Butts County Board of Zoning Appeals	Georgia
Davis v. Shavers	Georgia
Guthrie v. Dalton City School District	Georgia
Hackworth v. Board of Education	Georgia
Houghton v. Franscell	Wyoming
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District	Colorado
Jersawitz v. Fortson	Georgia
Marks v. McKenzie High School Fact Finding Team	Oregon
Muniz v. Roth	New York
Northeast Council on Substance Abuse Inc. v. Iowa Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Substance Abuse	Iowa
Ogden Newspapers v. City of Charleston	West Virginia
Plaquemines Parish Council v. Petrovich	Louisiana
Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington	Washington
Shipman v. North Panola Consolidated School District	Mississippi
Slawson & Furman v. Alabama Forestry Commission	Alabama
State ex rel. Warren Newspapers Inc. v. Hutson	Ohio
Thompson v. W. Va. Board of Osteopathy	West Virginia
Zink v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Workers’ Claims, Labor Cabinet	Kentucky

[edit] 1993

Lawsuit	State
Booth Newspapers Inc. v. University of Michigan Board of Regents	Michigan
Brennan v. Commissioners of Chatham County	Georgia
City of Lawton v. Moore	Oklahoma
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court	California
Cox Arizona Publications Inc. v. Collins	Arizona
Dunn v. Alabama State University Board of Trustees	Alabama
Red & Black Publishing Company v. Board of Regents	Georgia
Russo v. Nassau Community College	New York
Sebastian County Chapter of American Red Cross v. Weatherford	Arkansas
State ex rel. Steffen v. Kraft	Ohio
Williams v. Superior Court	California

[edit] 1992

Lawsuit	State
Bryant v. Mars	Arkansas
Burnham Broadcasting Co. v. County of Hawaii	Hawaii
Davis v. City of Macon	Georgia
Deseret News Publishing Co. v. Utah Department of Public Safety	Utah
Fathers Are Parents Too v. Hunstein	Georgia
Great Falls Tribune v. Public Schools	Montana
Green v. Drinnon	Georgia
Harristown Development Corporation v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
Neal v. Griepentrog	Nevada
News and Sun-Sentinel Company v. Schwab, Twitty, & Hanser Architecture Group	Florida
Providence Journal Co. v. Sundlun	Rhode Island
Skaggs v. Redford	Kentucky
State Board of Equalization v. Superior Court	California
State ex rel. Toledo Blade v. University of Toledo Foundation	Ohio
State of Louisiana v. Nicholls College Foundation	Louisiana
Trombley v. Bellows Falls Union High School District	Vermont
Walker v. City of Warner Robins	Georgia

[edit] 1991

Lawsuit	State
Blankenship v. City of Hoover	Alabama
Connecticut Humane Society v. FOIC	Connecticut
Connelly v. School Committee of Hanover	Massachusetts
Davis v. Walker	Oregon
Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Ass'n Inc. v. Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc.	Indiana
Kilgore v. RW Page Corporation, 1991	Georgia
Montgomery Advertiser v. Montgomery County Board of Education	Alabama
News Publishing Company d/b/a Rome News-Tribune v. Board of Education of the City of Rome	Georgia
Steele v. Honea	Georgia
Swickard v. Wayne County Medical Examiner	Michigan
Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court	California
Weston v. Carolina Research and Development Foundation	South Carolina

[edit] 1990

Lawsuit	State
AFSCME v. Cook County	Illinois
Association of Rights of Citizens v. St. Bernard	Louisiana
Brouillet v. Cowles Publishing	Washington
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority	New York
City of Fayetteville v. Edmark	Arkansas
City of Prescott v. Town of Chino Valley	Arizona
Dawson v. State Compensation Insurance Authority	Colorado
Hatfield v. Bush (II)	Louisiana
Lieberman v. State Board of Labor Relations	Connecticut
Municipality of Anchorage v. Anchorage Daily News	Alaska
O'Hair v. USD 300	Kansas
Whitehead v. Morgenthau	New York

[edit] 1989

Lawsuit	State
4-H Road Com. v. W.Va. Univ. Foundation	West Virginia
Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily News	Alaska
Athens Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Classic Center Authority for Clarke County	Georgia
Chambers v. Birmingham News Co	Alabama
Gerstein v. Superintendent Search Screening Committee	Massachusetts
Hallas v. FOIC	Connecticut
Hatfield v. Bush (I)	Louisiana
KMEG Television Inc. v. Iowa State Board of Regents	Iowa
Kenyon v. Garrels	Illinois
Kilgore v. RW Page Corporation	Georgia
Librach v. Cooper	Missouri
New York News v. Grinker	New York
Parker v. Lee	Georgia
Pigman v. Evansville Press	Indiana
State v. Sedgwick County Commissioners	Kansas

[edit] 1988

Lawsuit	State
Arkansas Hwy. & Transp. Dep't v. Hope Brick Works Inc.	Arkansas
Atlanta Journal and Constitution v. Long	Georgia
Atlanta Journal v. Babush	Georgia
City of Sioux City v. Greater Sioux City Press Club	Iowa
Dubuque v. Dubuque Racing Association, Ltd	Iowa
Florida Freedom Newspapers v. McCrary	Florida
Johnson v. Nicely	Georgia
Kubick v. Child and Family Services of Michigan Inc	Michigan
Macon Telegraph v. City of Forsyth	Georgia
Pearson v. Board of Health of Chicopee	Massachusetts
State ex rel. Fostoria Daily Review Co. v. Fostoria Hospital Association	Ohio
State of Kansas v. USD 305	Kansas

[edit] 1987

Lawsuit	State
Atlanta Journal v. Hill	Georgia
Capital Newspapers v. Whalen	New York
City of Atlanta v. Pacific & Southern Company, Inc.	Georgia
Common Cause v. Morial	Louisiana
Denver Post v. University of Colorado	Colorado
Freedom Newspapers v. Colorado Springs	Colorado
Indiana Civil Liberties Union v. Indiana Gen. Assembly	Indiana
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee v. Woosley	Arkansas
Palm Beach Newspapers Inc. v. Burk	Florida
Queen v. W. Va. University Hospitals	West Virginia
Scott v. Smith	Arkansas
State Employees Association v. Dept. of Management and Budget	Michigan
State ex rel. Newspapers Inc. v. Showers	Wisconsin

[edit] 1986

Lawsuit	State
CBS Inc. v. Block	California
Capital Newspapers v. Burns	New York
Carrigan v. Harkrader	Illinois
Child Protection Group v. Cline	West Virginia
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia Board of Medicine	West Virginia
Daily Gazette v. Withrow	West Virginia
Delta Democrat Times v. Greenville	Mississippi
Doe v. Superior Court	Alaska
Family Life League v. Department of Public Aid	Illinois
Forum Publishing Company v. City of Fargo	North Dakota
Glenwood Post v. City of Glenwood Springs	Colorado
Grand Forks Herald v. Lyons	North Dakota
Hill v. Mamoulides	Louisiana
Lucas v. Pastor	New York
Memorial Hospital Association Inc. v. Knutsen	Kansas
Memphis Publishing Co. v. Holt	Tennessee
Nast v. Michels	Washington
Ragland v. Yeargan	Arkansas
Richardson v. Town of Kimball	West Virginia
Riggin v. Board of Trustees of Ball State University	Indiana
Roulette v. Department of Central Mgmt. Servs	Illinois
Tulsa Tribune Co. v. Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission	Oklahoma

[edit] 1985

Lawsuit	State
Arizona Newspapers Inc. v. Superior Court	Arizona
Board of Trustees v. Mississippi Publishers Corporation	Mississippi
Citizens for a Better Environment v. Dept. of Food & Agriculture	California
District Attorney for the Plymouth District v. Board of Selectmen of Middleborough	Massachusetts
Hechler v. Casey	West Virginia
Pottle v. School Committee of Braintree	Massachusetts
Rehabilitation Hospital Services Corporation v. Delta-Hills Health Systems, Agency, Inc.	Arkansas
Remington v. City of Boonville	Missouri
Roberts v. Mississippi Republican Party State Executive Comm.	Mississippi
Scott, Sardano &. Pomeranz v Records Access Officer	New York
State of Georgia v. Kennedy	Georgia

[edit] 1984

Lawsuit	State
Braun v. City of Taft	California
Bundy v. State of Florida	Florida
Carlson v. Pima County	Arizona
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia State Bar	West Virginia
Dale v. Birmingham News	Alabama
Delaware Solid Waste Authority v. News-Journal Co.	Delaware
Faulk v. State's Attorney for Harford County	Maryland
Grein v. Board of Education	Nebraska
Hathaway v. Green Bay School District	Wisconsin
KUTV Inc. v. Utah State Board of Education	Utah
Missoulian v. Board of Regents	Montana
Mullin v. Detroit Police Dept.	Michigan
Oklahoma City News Broadcasters Association Inc. v. Nigh	Oklahoma
Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. City of Moore	Oklahoma
Register Div. of Freedom Newspapers Inc. v. County of Orange	California
Washington Post v. Insurance Department	New York

[edit] 1983

Lawsuit	State
A. S. Abell Publishing Co. v. Mezzanote	Maryland
Cole v. State of Colorado	Colorado
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Board	Massachusetts
Hudspeth v. Board of County Commissioners	Colorado
Mayor and Aldermen v. Vicksburg Printing & Publishing Co.	Mississippi
Parsons & Whittemore, Inc. v. Metro. Dade County	Florida
San Gabriel Tribune v. Superior Court	California
Sheridan Newspapers v. City of Sheridan	Wyoming

[edit] 1982

Lawsuit	State
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Deukmejian	California
City of Kenai v. Kenai Peninsula Newspapers	Alaska
Gill v. Snow	Texas
Laborers Int'l Union Local No. 374 v. City of Aberdeen	Washington
Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Lewis	Florida
Newsome v. City of Union Point	Georgia
Record-Times, Inc. v. Town of Wheatland	Wyoming
State, ex rel. Stephen v. Harder	Kansas

[edit] 1981

Lawsuit	State
Arkansas Gazette Co. v. Southern State College	Arkansas
Bello v. South Shore Hospital	Massachusetts
City of Grand Forks v. Grand Forks Herald	North Dakota
Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. v. Bradley County Memorial Hospital	Tennessee
Cowles Publishing Co. v. Murphy	Washington
International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 2479 v. Thorpe	Oklahoma
Iowa Civil Rights Commission v. City of Des Moines	Iowa
News and Observer Publishing Co. v. Wake County Hospital System	North Carolina
State, ex rel. Attorney General v. First Judicial District Court	New Mexico
Stone v. Consolidated Publishing Co	Alabama

[edit] 1980

Lawsuit	State
Board of Trustees of Woodstock Academy v. FOIC	Connecticut
City of Dubuque v. Telegraph Herald Inc.	Iowa
City of New Carrollton v. Rogers	Maryland
Deriso v. Cooper	Georgia
Gallagher v. Marion County Victim Advocate Program, Inc.	Indiana
Hamilton v. Verdow	Maryland
Kryston v. Board of Education, East Ramapo School District	New York
News-Journal Co. v. Billingsley	Delaware
Phillips v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University	Louisiana
State ex rel. Herald Mail Co. v. Hamilton	West Virginia
Stephens v. Van Arsdale	Kansas
Westchester Rockland Newspapers v. Kimball	New York
Wilson v. Freedom of Information Commission	Connecticut
Yaro v. Board of Appeals of Newburyport	Massachusetts

[edit] 1979

Lawsuit	State
Appalachian Power Co. v. Public Service Commission	West Virginia
Fink v. Lefkowitz	New York
Howard v. Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.	Iowa
Miglionico v. Birmingham News Company	Alabama
Newspapers Inc. v. Breier	Wisconsin
Wait v. Florida Power & Light	Florida
Williams v. Stafford	Wyoming
Worthy v. Paulding County Hospital Authority	Georgia

[edit] 1978

Lawsuit	State
American Federation of State etc. Employees v. Regents of University of California	California
Attorney General v. School Committee of Northampton	Massachusetts
City of Abilene v. Shackelford	Texas
Dozier v. Norris	Georgia
Ghiglione v. School Committee of Southbridge	Massachusetts
Hastings & Sons Publishing Co. v. City Treasurer of Lynn	Massachusetts
Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe	Washington
Nero v. Hyland	New Jersey
New Castle County Vocational-Technical Education Association v. Board of Education	Delaware
Rockford Newspapers Inc. v. Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency	Illinois
Sanders v. Benton	Oklahoma
State v. Vermont Emergency Board	Vermont
Zaleski v. Hicksville Union Free School District	New York

[edit] 1977

Lawsuit	State
Harms v. Adams	Georgia
Judge v. Pocius	Pennsylvania
Laramie River Conservation Council v. Dinger	Wyoming
North Central Association of Colleges & Schools v. Troutt Brothers, Inc.	Arkansas
Northside Realty Association v. Community Relations Commission	Georgia
Polillo v. Deane	New Jersey
Student Bar Association v. Byrd	North Carolina

[edit] 1976

Lawsuit	State
Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington	Massachusetts
Bradbury v. Shaw	New Hampshire
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Osmundson	Iowa
Dorrier v. Dark	Tennessee
News & Observer v. Interim Board of Education for Wake County	North Carolina

[edit] 1975

Lawsuit	State
Carter v. Fench	Louisiana
Coggin v. Davey	Georgia
Moberly v. Herboldsheimer	Maryland

[edit] 1974

Lawsuit	State
Black Panther Party v. Kehoe	California
Cathcart v. Andersen	Washington
Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co. v. McDonald	Kentucky
Denver Publishing v. Dreyfus	Colorado
Memphis Publishing Co. v. City of Memphis	Tennessee

[edit] 1973

Lawsuit	State
McLarty v. Board of Regents	Georgia
Reeves v. Orleans Parish School Board	Louisiana

[edit] 1972

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1971

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1970

Lawsuit	State
Dobrovolny v. Reinhardt	Iowa
Matte v. City of Winooski	Vermont

[edit] 1969

Lawsuit	State
Times Publishing Co. v. Williams	Florida

[edit] 1968

Lawsuit	State
Booth Newspapers Inc. v. Muskegon Probate Judge	Michigan
Laman v. McCord	Arkansas
Sacramento Newspaper Guild v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors	California
Selkowe v. Bean	New Hampshire

[edit] 1967

Lawsuit	State
Linder v. Eckard	Iowa
Pollard v. State of Mississippi	Mississippi
Water Works Board of Town of Parrish v. White	Alabama

[edit] 1966

Lawsuit	State
Republican Party of Arkansas v. State ex rel. Hall	Arkansas
Times-Call Publishing Co. Inc. v. Wingfield	Colorado

[edit] 1965

Lawsuit	State
Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron	Ohio
Charleston Mail Association v. Kelly	West Virginia
Coats v. Sampson County Memorial Hospital, Inc.	North Carolina

[edit] 1964

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1963

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1962

Lawsuit	State
People ex. rel. Gibson v. Peller	Illinois

[edit] 1961

Lawsuit	State
McEwan v. Holm	Oregon

[edit] 1960

Lawsuit	State
Adler v. City Council of Culver City	California
Chronicle Publishing Company v. Superior Court	California

[edit] 1959

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1958

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1957

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1956

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1955

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1954

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1953

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1952

Lawsuit	State
Mathews v. Pyle	Arizona

[edit] 1951

Lawsuit	State
City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court	California

[edit] 1950

We do not currently have any pages on litigation for this year. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] 1947

Lawsuit	State
International Union, UAW v. Gooding	Wisconsin
Mulford v. Davey	Nevada
State of West Virginia v. Harrison	West Virginia

[edit] 1946

Lawsuit	State
Pressman v. Elgin	Maryland

[edit] 1941

Lawsuit	State
Holcombe v. State ex rel. Chandler	Alabama
Logan v. Mississippi Abstract Co.	Mississippi
W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. Hester	Mississippi

[edit] 1940

Lawsuit	State
Collins v. State of Arkansas	Arkansas

[edit] 1931

Lawsuit	State
Withrow v. Surface	West Virginia

[edit] 1928

Lawsuit	State
Nowack v. Auditor General	Michigan

[edit] 1917

Lawsuit	State
Mushet v. Department of Public Service of City of Los Angeles	California

[edit] 1915

Lawsuit	State
Palacios v. Corbett	Texas

[edit] 1912

Lawsuit	State
Excise Commissioner of Citronelle v. State ex rel. Skinner	Alabama

[edit] 1906

Lawsuit	State
Clement v. Graham	Vermont
State of Nevada v. Grimes	Nevada

[edit] 1903

Lawsuit	State
Jenkins v. State of Texas	Texas
State ex rel. Wellford v. Williams	Tennessee

[edit] 1901

Lawsuit	State
Wells v. Lewis	Ohio

[edit] 1900

Lawsuit	State
State ex rel. Colescott v. King	Indiana

[edit] 1894

Lawsuit	State
Casto v. Board of Education	West Virginia

[edit] 1890

Lawsuit	State
Belt v. Prince George's Co	Maryland

[edit] 1889

Lawsuit	State
Burton v. Tuite	Michigan

[edit] 1882

Lawsuit	State
Brewer v. Watson (Brewer III)	Alabama

[edit] 1877

Lawsuit	State
Downing v. Brown	Colorado

[edit] Resources

• Sunshine litigation project page

[edit] References

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This is a list of major FOIA litigation, organized by state. If you were looking for FOIA litigation organized by year, please see: Major FOIA litigation by year. If you were looking for sunshine litigation organized by topic, please see: Major FOIA Litigation by Topic.

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[edit] Alabama

For more information, see: Alabama Public Records Law or Alabama sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Blankenship v. City of Hoover	1991
Brewer v. Watson (Brewer III)	1882
Chambers v. Birmingham News Co	1989
Dale v. Birmingham News	1984
Dunn v. Alabama State University Board of Trustees	1993
Excise Commissioner of Citronelle v. State ex rel. Skinner	1912
Holcombe v. State ex rel. Chandler	1941
Miglionico v. Birmingham News Company	1979
Montgomery Advertiser v. Montgomery County Board of Education	1991
Slawson & Furman v. Alabama Forestry Commission	1994
Stone v. Consolidated Publishing Co	1981
Water Works & Sewer Board of the City of Talladega v. Consolidated Publishing Inc.	2004
Water Works Board of Town of Parrish v. White	1967

[edit] Alaska

For more information, see: Alaska Public Records Act or Alaska sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily News	1989
Brady v. State of Alaska	1998
Capital Information Group v. Office of the Governor	1996
City of Kenai v. Kenai Peninsula Newspapers	1982
Doe v. Superior Court	1986
Fuller v. City of Homer	2003
Gwich'in Steering Committee v. Office of the Governor	2000
Municipality of Anchorage v. Anchorage Daily News	1990

[edit] Arizona

For more information, see: Arizona Public Records Law or Arizona sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Arizona Newspapers Inc. v. Superior Court	1985
Carlson v. Pima County	1984
City of Prescott v. Town of Chino Valley	1990
Cox Arizona Publications Inc. v. Collins	1993
Lake v. City of Phoenix	2009
Mathews v. Pyle	1952

[edit] Arkansas

For more information, see: Arkansas Freedom of Information Act or Arkansas sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Arkansas Gazette Co. v. Southern State College	1981
Arkansas Hwy. & Transp. Dep't v. Hope Brick Works Inc.	1988
Bryant v. Mars	1992
City of Fayetteville v. Edmark	1990
Collins v. State of Arkansas	1940
Kristen Investment Properties, LLC v. Beaverfork Volunteer Fire Department	2000
Laman v. McCord	1968
Legislative Joint Auditing Committee v. Woosley	1987
North Central Association of Colleges & Schools v. Troutt Brothers, Inc.	1977
Ragland v. Yeargan	1986
Rehabilitation Hospital Services Corporation v. Delta-Hills Health Systems, Agency, Inc.	1985
Republican Party of Arkansas v. State ex rel. Hall	1966
Scott v. Smith	1987
Sebastian County Chapter of American Red Cross v. Weatherford	1993
Swaney v. Tilford	2995

[edit] California

For more information, see: California Public Records Act or California sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Adler v. City Council of Culver City	1960
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Deukmejian	1982
American Federation of State etc. Employees v. Regents of University of California	1978
Bakersfield City School Dist. v. Superior Court	2004
Black Panther Party v. Kehoe	1974
Braun v. City of Taft	1984
CBS Broadcasting v. Superior Court	2001
CBS Inc. v. Block	1986
California State University, Fresno Assn., Inc. v. Superior Court	2001
Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District	2006
Chronicle Publishing Company v. Superior Court	1960
Citizens for a Better Environment v. Dept. of Food & Agriculture	1985
City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court	1951
City of Hemet v. Superior Court	1995
Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks	1994
Coronado Police Officers Association v. Carroll	2003
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court	1993
Desert Sun v. Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority	2005
Dixon v. Superior Court	2009
Epstein v. Hollywood Entertainment Dist. II Business Improvement Dist.	2001
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Los Angeles Export Terminal, Inc.	1999
Lorig v. Medical Board	2000
Mushet v. Department of Public Service of City of Los Angeles	1917
Register Div. of Freedom Newspapers Inc. v. County of Orange	1984
Sacramento Newspaper Guild v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors	1968
San Gabriel Tribune v. Superior Court	1983
State Board of Equalization v. Superior Court	1992
Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court	1991
Versaci v. Superior Court	2005
Williams v. Superior Court	1993

[edit] Colorado

For more information, see: Colorado Open Records Act or Colorado sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
CFI Steel v. Office of Air Pollution Control	2003
Cole v. State of Colorado	1983
Dawson v. State Compensation Insurance Authority	1990
Denver Post v. Ritter	2008
Denver Post v. Stapleton Development	2000
Denver Post v. University of Colorado	1987
Denver Publishing v. Dreyfus	1974
Downing v. Brown	1877
Freedom Newspapers v. Colorado Springs	1987
Glenwood Post v. City of Glenwood Springs	1986
Hudspeth v. Board of County Commissioners	1983
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District	1994
Ritter v. Brad Jones	2009
Times-Call Publishing Co. Inc. v. Wingfield	1966
Wick v. Montrose County Board of County Commissioners	2003
Zubeck v. El Paso County Retirement Plan	1998

[edit] Connecticut

For more information, see: Connecticut Freedom of Information Act or Connecticut sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Board of Trustees of Woodstock Academy v. FOIC	1980
Coalition to Save Horsebarn Hill v. FOIC	2002
Connecticut Humane Society v. FOIC	1991
Domestic Violence Services. v. FOIC	1998
Hallas v. FOIC	1989
Lieberman v. State Board of Labor Relations	1990
Shew v. FOIC	1998
Valvo v. Freedom of Information Commission	2010
Wilson v. Freedom of Information Commission	1980

[edit] Delaware

For more information, see: Delaware Freedom of Information Act or Delaware sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Delaware Solid Waste Authority v. News-Journal Co.	1984
Guy v. Judicial Nominating Commission	1995
Lee v. Minner	2006
New Castle County Vocational-Technical Education Association v. Board of Education	1978
News-Journal Co. v. Billingsley	1980

[edit] Florida

For more information, see: Florida Sunshine Law or Florida sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Bundy v. State of Florida	1984
Florida Freedom Newspapers v. McCrary	1988
Lorenzo v. City of Venice	2008
McCarthy v. Town of Windermere	2010
Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Lewis	1982
News and Sun-Sentinel Company v. Schwab, Twitty, & Hanser Architecture Group	1992
Palm Beach Newspapers Inc. v. Burk	1987
Parsons & Whittemore, Inc. v. Metro. Dade County	1983
Times Publishing Co. v. Williams	1969
Vanette Webb v. School Board of Escambia County	2009
Wait v. Florida Power & Light	1979

[edit] Georgia

For more information, see: Georgia Open Records Act or Georgia sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Athens Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Classic Center Authority for Clarke County	1989
Atlanta Journal and Constitution v. Long	1988
Atlanta Journal v. Babush	1988
Atlanta Journal v. Hill	1987
Beck v. Crisp County Zoning Board of Appeals	1996
Brennan v. Commissioners of Chatham County	1993
Bryan County Board of Equalization v. Bryan County Board of Tax Assessors	2001
Camden County v. Haddock	1999
City of Atlanta v. Pacific & Southern Company, Inc.	1987
City of Helen v. White County News	1996
Claxton Enterprise v. Evans County Board of Commissioners	2001
Coggin v. Davey	1975
Crosland v. Butts County Board of Zoning Appeals	1994
Davis v. City of Macon	1992
Davis v. Shavers	1994
Deriso v. Cooper	1980
Dozier v. Norris	1978
Evans County Board of Commissioners v. The Claxton Enterprise	2002
Fathers Are Parents Too v. Hunstein	1992
Goddard v. City of Albany	2009
Green v. Drinnon	1992
Guthrie v. Dalton City School District	1994
Hackworth v. Board of Education	1994
Harms v. Adams	1977
Jersawitz v. Fortson	1994
Johnson v. Nicely	1988
Kilgore v. RW Page Corporation	1989
Kilgore v. RW Page Corporation, 1991	1991
Macon Telegraph v. City of Forsyth	1988
Maxwell v. Carney	2001
McLarty v. Board of Regents	1973
Moon v. Terrell County et al.	2001
News Publishing Company d/b/a Rome News-Tribune v. Board of Education of the City of Rome	1991
Newsome v. City of Union Point	1982
Northside Realty Association v. Community Relations Commission	1977
Northwest Georgia Health System, Inc. v. Times-Journal, Inc.	1995
Parker v. Lee	1989
Phillips v. Hawthorne	1998
Red & Black Publishing Company v. Board of Regents	1993
Schoen v. Cherokee County	2000
State of Georgia v. Kennedy	1985
Steele v. Honea	1991
Times-Journal, Inc., d/b/a Marietta Daily Journal v. Cobb County, et al.	1989
Walker v. City of Warner Robins	1992
Wiggins v. The Board of Commissioners of Tift County, GA	2002
Worthy v. Paulding County Hospital Authority	1979

[edit] Hawaii

For more information, see: Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act or Hawaii sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Burnham Broadcasting Co. v. County of Hawaii	1992
Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu	2006

[edit] Idaho

For more information, see: Idaho Public Records Act or Idaho sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Federated Publications Inc. v. Boise City	1996

[edit] Illinois

For more information, see: Illinois Freedom of Information Act or Illinois sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
AFSCME v. Cook County	1990
Board of Regents of the Regency University System v. Reynard	1997
Carrigan v. Harkrader	1986
Duncan Publishing v. City of Chicago	1999
Family Life League v. Department of Public Aid	1986
Kenyon v. Garrels	1989
Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University	1996
Mark O. Stern v. Wheaton-Warrenville Community Unity School District 200	2009
People ex rel. Ulrich v. Stukel	1997
People ex. rel. Gibson v. Peller	1962
Rockford Newspapers Inc. v. Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency	1978
Roulette v. Department of Central Mgmt. Servs	1986

[edit] Indiana

For more information, see: Indiana Access to Public Records Act or Indiana sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Gallagher v. Marion County Victim Advocate Program, Inc.	1980
Indiana Civil Liberties Union v. Indiana Gen. Assembly	1986
Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Ass'n Inc. v. Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc.	1991
Indianapolis Star v. Trustees of Indiana University	2003
Pigman v. Evansville Press	1989
Riggin v. Board of Trustees of Ball State University	1986
State ex rel. Colescott v. King	1900

[edit] Iowa

For more information, see: Iowa Open Records Law or Iowa sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
City of Dubuque v. Telegraph Herald Inc.	1980
City of Sioux City v. Greater Sioux City Press Club	1988
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Osmundson	1976
Dobrovolny v. Reinhardt	1970
Dubuque v. Dubuque Racing Association, Ltd	1988
Gannon and Nichols v. Iowa Board of Regents	2005
Howard v. Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.	1979
Iowa Civil Rights Commission v. City of Des Moines	1981
KMEG Television Inc. v. Iowa State Board of Regents	1989
Linder v. Eckard	1967
Northeast Council on Substance Abuse Inc. v. Iowa Dept. of Public Health, Div. of Substance Abuse	1994

[edit] Kansas

For more information, see: Kansas Open Records Act or Kansas sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Cypress Media v. City of Overland Park	2000
Memorial Hospital Association Inc. v. Knutsen	1986
O'Hair v. USD 300	1990
State of Kansas v. USD 305	1988
State v. Sedgwick County Commissioners	1989
State, ex rel. Stephen v. Harder	1982
Stephens v. Van Arsdale	1980

[edit] Kentucky

For more information, see: Kentucky Open Records Act or Kentucky sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Bowling v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government	2005
Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co. v. McDonald	1974
Courier-Journal v. City of Louisville	2006
Courier-Journal v. Kentucky High School Athletics Association	2005
Courier-Journal v. University of Louisville Foundation	2005
Kentucky Central v. Park Broadcasting	1996
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. Lexington Herald-Leader Co.	1997
Skaggs v. Redford	1992
Zink v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Workers’ Claims, Labor Cabinet	1994

[edit] Louisiana

For more information, see: Louisiana Public Records Act or Louisiana sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Angelo Iafrate Constr., L.L.C. v. State of Louisiana	2004
Association of Rights of Citizens v. St. Bernard	1990
Bester v. Louisiana Supreme Court Commission on Bar Admissions	2000
Broderick v. State, Department of Environmental Quality	2000
Burkett v. UDS Management	1999
Capital City Press v. East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council	1997
Carter v. Fench	1975
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
Hatfield v. Bush (I)	1989
Hatfield v. Bush (II)	1990
Hill v. East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services	2006
Hill v. Mamoulides	1986
Hilliard v. Litchfield	2002
Joseph v. Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of St. Mary	2001
Kyle v. Perrilloux	2003
Landis v. Moreau	2001
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
Times Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Board of Supervisors	2003
Vourvoulias v. Movassaghi	2005

[edit] Maine

For more information, see: Maine Freedom of Access Act or Maine sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Town of Burlington v. Hospital Administrative District No. 1	2001

[edit] Maryland

For more information, see: Maryland Public Information Act or Maryland sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
A. S. Abell Publishing Co. v. Mezzanote	1983
Belt v. Prince George's Co	1890
City of Baltimore Development Corporation v. Carmel Realty Associates	2006
City of New Carrollton v. Rogers	1980
Community and Labor United for Baltimore Charter Committee (CLUB) v. Baltimore City Board of Elections	2003
Faulk v. State's Attorney for Harford County	1984
Hamilton v. Verdow	1980
Moberly v. Herboldsheimer	1975
Pressman v. Elgin	1946

[edit] Massachusetts

For more information, see: Massachusetts Public Records Act or Massachusetts sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Attorney General v. School Committee of Northampton	1978
Bello v. South Shore Hospital	1981
Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington	1976
Connelly v. School Committee of Hanover	1991
District Attorney for the Plymouth District v. Board of Selectmen of Middleborough	1985
Gerstein v. Superintendent Search Screening Committee	1989
Ghiglione v. School Committee of Southbridge	1978
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Board	1983
Hastings & Sons Publishing Co. v. City Treasurer of Lynn	1978
Pearson v. Board of Health of Chicopee	1988
Pottle v. School Committee of Braintree	1985
Yaro v. Board of Appeals of Newburyport	1980

[edit] Michigan

For more information, see: Michigan Freedom of Information Act or Michigan sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Booth Newspapers Inc. v. Muskegon Probate Judge	1968
Booth Newspapers Inc. v. University of Michigan Board of Regents	1993
Bradley v Saranac Community Schools Board of Education
Breighner v. Michigan High School Athletic Assoc.	2004
Burton v. Tuite	1889
Detroit Free Press v. City of Allen Park	2005
Detroit Free Press v. City of Detroit	2005
Detroit Free Press v. Michigan Attorney General	2005
Detroit News v. Policemen and Firemen Retirement System	2002
Federated Publications, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Michigan State University	1999
Herald Co. v Ann Arbor Public Schools
Herald Co. v Bay City
Howell Education Association v. Howell Board of Education	2010
Jackson v. Eastern Michigan University	1996
Kubick v. Child and Family Services of Michigan Inc	1988
Mullin v. Detroit Police Dept.	1984
Nowack v. Auditor General	1928
Proctor v. White Lake Police Dept.	2001
State Defender Union Employees v Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit	1998
State Employees Association v. Dept. of Management and Budget	1987
Swickard v. Wayne County Medical Examiner	1991

[edit] Minnesota

For more information, see: Minnesota Data Practices Act or Minnesota sunshine lawsuits.

We do not currently have any pages on litigation in Minnesota. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] Mississippi

For more information, see: Mississippi Public Records Act or Mississippi sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Board of Trustees v. Mississippi Publishers Corporation	1985
Citizens for Equal Property Rights v. Board of Supervisors of Lowndes Co.	1998
Clarion-Ledger v. Entergy Mississippi	2005
Delta Democrat Times v. Greenville	1986
Logan v. Mississippi Abstract Co.	1941
Mayor and Aldermen v. Vicksburg Printing & Publishing Co.	1983
Pollard v. State of Mississippi	1967
Roberts v. Mississippi Republican Party State Executive Comm.	1985
Shipman v. North Panola Consolidated School District	1994
W. T. Rawleigh Co. v. Hester	1941

[edit] Missouri

For more information, see: Missouri Sunshine Law or Missouri sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Librach v. Cooper	1989
North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital	1998
Remington v. City of Boonville	1985
Tuft v. City of St. Louis	1995

[edit] Montana

For more information, see: Montana Public Records Act or Montana sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Becky v. Butte-Silver Bow Sch. Dist. 1	1995
Bryan v. Yellowstone County Elementary School District No. 2	2002
Common Cause v. Statutory Committee	1994
Great Falls Tribune Co. Inc. v. Day	1998
Great Falls Tribune v. Public Schools	1992
Missoulian v. Board of Regents	1984

[edit] Nebraska

For more information, see: Nebraska Public Records Law or Nebraska sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Grein v. Board of Education	1984
State ex rel. Upper Republican Natural Resources District v. District Judges of the District Court for Chase County	2007

[edit] Nevada

For more information, see: Nevada Open Records Act or Nevada sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
DR Partners v. Board of County Commissioners of Clark County	2000
Del Papa v. Board Of Regents Of The University and Community College System Of Nevada	2000
Donrey of Nevada v. Bradshaw	1990
Mulford v. Davey	1947
Neal v. Griepentrog	1992
State of Nevada v. Grimes	1906

[edit] New Hampshire

For more information, see: New Hampshire Right to Know Law or New Hampshire sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Bradbury v. Shaw	1976
Professional Firefighters of N.H. v. Healthtrust Inc.	2004
Selkowe v. Bean	1968
Union Leader Corporation v. NH Housing Finance Authority	1997

[edit] New Jersey

For more information, see: New Jersey Open Public Records Act or New Jersey sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Asbury Park Press v. New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation	2005
Asbury Park Press v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office	2004
Asbury Park Press v. Township of Neptune Sewerage Authority	2005
Burnett (Cimino) v. Gloucester County	2010
Fair Share Housing Center v. New Jersey League of Municipalities	2010
Gannett New Jersey Partners v. County of Middlesex	2005
Gench v. Hunterdon County	2010
Monmouth County v. Asbury Park Press	2010
Nero v. Hyland	1978
Polillo v. Deane	1977
Times of Trenton v. Lafayette Yard CDC	2005

[edit] New Mexico

For more information, see: New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act or New Mexico sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Carlsbad Current-Argus and New Mexico Foundation for Open Government v. City of Carlsbad	2005
Republican Party v. New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department	2010
State, ex rel. Attorney General v. First Judicial District Court	1981

[edit] New York

For more information, see: New York Freedom of Information Law or New York sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Enterprise Development Corporation	1994
Buffalo News v. Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority	1990
COMPS v. Town of Islip	2006
Capital Newspapers v. Burns	1986
Capital Newspapers v. Whalen	1987
Daily Gazette v. Schenectady	1999
Fink v. Lefkowitz	1979
Kryston v. Board of Education, East Ramapo School District	1980
Lucas v. Pastor	1986
Muniz v. Roth	1994
New York News v. Grinker	1989
New York News v. Staten Island	1995
Newsday v. State Department of Transportation	2004
Perez v. City Univ. of New York	2005
Russo v. Nassau Community College	1993
Scott, Sardano &. Pomeranz v Records Access Officer	1985
Washington Post v. Insurance Department	1984
Westchester Rockland Newspapers v. Kimball	1980
Whitehead v. Morgenthau	1990
Zaleski v. Hicksville Union Free School District	1978

[edit] North Carolina

For more information, see: North Carolina Public Records Law or North Carolina sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
City of Burlington v. Boney Publishers	2004
Coats v. Sampson County Memorial Hospital, Inc.	1965
Maready v. City of Winston-Salem	1996
McCormick v. Hanson Aggregates Southeast	2004
News & Observer v. Interim Board of Education for Wake County	1976
News and Observer Publishing Co. v. Wake County Hospital System	1981
Student Bar Association v. Byrd	1977

[edit] North Dakota

For more information, see: North Dakota Open Records Statute or North Dakota sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
City of Grand Forks v. Grand Forks Herald	1981
Forum Publishing Company v. City of Fargo	1986
Grand Forks Herald v. Lyons	1960

[edit] Ohio

For more information, see: Ohio Open Records Law or Ohio sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron	1965
State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Krings	2001
State ex rel. Fostoria Daily Review Co. v. Fostoria Hospital Association	1988
State ex rel. Freedom Communications Inc. v. Elida Community Fire Company	1998
State ex rel. Plain Dealer v. Cleveland	1996
State ex rel. Steffen v. Kraft	1993
State ex rel. Toledo Blade v. University of Toledo Foundation	1992
State ex rel. WBNS TV Inc. v. Dues	2004
State ex rel. Warren Newspapers Inc. v. Hutson	1994
State of Ohio v. Allen	2005
TBC Westlake Inc. v. Hamilton County Board of Revision	1998
The Cincinnati Enquirer v. Walter Handy and Malcolm Adcock	2005
Wells v. Lewis	1901

[edit] Oklahoma

For more information, see: Oklahoma Open Records Act or Oklahoma sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
City of Lawton v. Moore	1993
International Association of Firefighters, Local No. 2479 v. Thorpe	1981
Oklahoma City News Broadcasters Association Inc. v. Nigh	1984
Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. City of Moore	1984
Sanders v. Benton	1978
State of Oklahoma v. Migliaccio	1996
Tulsa Tribune Co. v. Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission	1986

[edit] Oregon

For more information, see: Oregon Public Records Law or Oregon sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Davis v. Walker	1991
Gray v. Salem-Keizer School District	1996
In Defense of Animals v. OHSU	2005
Mail Tribune v. Michael Winters	2008
Marks v. McKenzie High School Fact Finding Team	1994
McEwan v. Holm	1961

[edit] Pennsylvania

For more information, see: Pennsylvania Right to Know Law or Pennsylvania sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Harristown Development Corporation v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	1992
Judge v. Pocius	1977
Pocono Record v. ESU Foundation	2010

[edit] Rhode Island

For more information, see: Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act or Rhode Island sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Office of the Governor	2010
Providence Journal Co. v. Sundlun	1992

[edit] South Carolina

For more information, see: South Carolina Freedom of Information Act or South Carolina sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Quality Towing Inc. v. City of Myrtle Beach	2001
Weston v. Carolina Research and Development Foundation	1991

[edit] South Dakota

For more information, see: South Dakota Sunshine Law or South Dakota sunshine lawsuits.

We do not currently have any pages on litigation in South Dakota. To add some see our Sunshine litigation project page.

[edit] Tennessee

For more information, see: Tennessee Open Records Act or Tennessee sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. v. Bradley County Memorial Hospital	1981
Dorrier v. Dark	1976
Mayhew v. Wilde	2001
Memphis Publishing Co. v. Cherokee Children & Family Services	2002
Memphis Publishing Co. v. City of Memphis	1974
Memphis Publishing Co. v. Holt	1986
State ex rel. Wellford v. Williams	1903
Swift v. Campbell	2004
Tennessean v. Bureau of TennCare	2005
Tennessean v. Electric Power Board of Nashville	1998
Tennessean v. Tennessee Department of Personnel	2007
The Tennessean v. Powers Management/Allen v. Day	2006

[edit] Texas

For more information, see: Texas Public Information Act or Texas sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova v. Frank D. Brown	2009
Blankenship v. Brazos Higher Education Authority	1998
City of Abilene v. Shackelford	1978
City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News	1999
Dallas v. Abbott	2010
Gill v. Snow	1982
Jenkins v. State of Texas	1903
Palacios v. Corbett	1915
Tovar v. Texas	1998

[edit] Utah

For more information, see: Utah Government Records Access and Management Act or Utah sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Deseret News Publishing Co. v. Utah Department of Public Safety	1992
Fox Television Stations Inc. v. Clary	1996
Graham v. Davis County Solid Waste Management & Energy Recovery Special Service District	1999
Jolley v. Utah State Senate	1996
KSL-TV v. Juab County Sheriff's Office	1998
KUTV Inc. v. Utah State Board of Education	1984
Scripps League Newspapers v. City of Orem	1996

[edit] Vermont

For more information, see: Vermont Public Records Law or Vermont sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Clement v. Graham	1906
Matte v. City of Winooski	1970
State of Vermont v. Edgar Whitney	2005
State v. Vermont Emergency Board	1978
Trombley v. Bellows Falls Union High School District	1992

[edit] Virginia

For more information, see: Virginia Freedom of Information Act or Virginia sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Gannett v. Department of Health and Social Services	2005
McBurney and Hurlbert v. McDonnell	2009

[edit] Washington

For more information, see: Washington Public Records Act or Washington sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
ACLU v. City of Seattle	2009
Brouillet v. Cowles Publishing	1990
Cathcart v. Andersen	1974
City of Federal Way v. Koenig	2009
Cowles Publishing Co. v. Murphy	1981
Hangartner v. City of Seattle	2004
Harold Carey v. Mason County	2009
Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe	1978
Laborers Int'l Union Local No. 374 v. City of Aberdeen	1982
Nast v. Michels	1986
O’Neill v. City of Shoreline	2008
Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington	1994
Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound v. City of Des Moines	2009
Soter v. Cowles Publishing	2007
Telford v. Thurston County Board of Comissioners	1999
Wood v. Battle Ground School District	2001
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims	2009

[edit] West Virginia

For more information, see: West Virginia Freedom of Information Act or West Virginia sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
4-H Road Com. v. W.Va. Univ. Foundation	1989
Affiiliated Construction Trades Foundation v. Regional Jail And Correctional Authority	1997
Appalachian Power Co. v. Public Service Commission	1979
Casto v. Board of Education	1894
Charleston Gazette v. City of Charleston	1998
Charleston Mail Association v. Kelly	1965
Child Protection Group v. Cline	1986
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia Board of Medicine	1986
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia Development Office	1996
Daily Gazette v. West Virginia State Bar	1984
Daily Gazette v. Withrow	1986
Hechler v. Casey	1985
Maclay v Jones	2000
McComas v. Board of Education of Fayette County	1996
Ogden Newspapers v. City of Charleston	1994
Queen v. W. Va. University Hospitals	1987
Richardson v. Town of Kimball	1986
State ex rel. Herald Mail Co. v. Hamilton	1980
State of West Virginia v. Brotherton	2003
State of West Virginia v. Harrison	1947
The Associated Press v. Canterbury	2009
Thompson v. W. Va. Board of Osteopathy	1994
Withrow v. Surface	1931

[edit] Wisconsin

For more information, see: Wisconsin Open Records Law or Wisconsin sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Armada Broadcasting, Inc. v. Stirn	1994
Cavey v. Walrath	1999
Hathaway v. Green Bay School District	1984
Hempel v. City of Baraboo	2005
International Union, UAW v. Gooding	1947
Lautenschlager v. Gunderson	2008
Linzmeyer v. D.J. Forcey	2002
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. Department of Administration	2008
Newspapers Inc. v. Breier	1979
Sands v. Whitnall School District	2008
State ex rel. Newspapers Inc. v. Showers	1987
State of Wisconsin v. Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation	2008
WIREdata, Inc. v. Village of Sussex	2008
Watton v. Hegerty	2008
Wisconsin Newspress, Inc. v. School District of Sheboygan Falls	1996
Woznicki v. Erickson	1996
Zellner v. Cedarburg School District	2007
Zellner v. Herrick	2009

[edit] Wyoming

For more information, see: Wyoming Sunshine Law or Wyoming sunshine lawsuits.

Lawsuit	Year
Allsop v. Cheyenne Newspapers	2002
Freudenthal v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc.	2010
Houghton v. Franscell	1994
Laramie River Conservation Council v. Dinger	1977
Record-Times, Inc. v. Town of Wheatland	1982
Sheridan Newspapers v. City of Sheridan	1983
Sublette County Rural Health Care District v. Miley	1997
University of Wyoming v. Gressley	1999
Williams v. Stafford	1979
Wyoming Department of Transportation v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local Union 800	1995
Wyoming Tribune Eagle v. Governor Dave Freudenthal	2010

Here is a list of legislation by topic. As new trends are identified, new topics will be added. If you were looking for FOIA litigation organized by year, please see: Major FOIA litigation by year. If you were looking for prominent sunshine litigation organized by state please see Major FOIA Litigation by State.

• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Open meetings lawsuits
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Deliberative process lawsuits
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Personal privacy lawsuits
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Attorney-Client privilege lawsuits
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Private companies subject to public records requests
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, Separation of powers exemptions
• Court cases with an impact on state FOIA, PreFOIA lawsuits