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Here is a list of major FOIA court decisions and their affect on the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon next to the Year heading)

Article Year Precedent
Gallagher v. Marion County Victim Advocate Program, Inc. 1980
Indiana Civil Liberties Union v. Indiana Gen. Assembly 1986
Indianapolis Star v. Trustees of Indiana University 2003 1.) That deliberative and personal information should be redacted, if possible, and the remaining information released to the public.

2.) That police investigation records retain their exempt status despite a lack of intention to prosecute.

Pigman v. Evansville Press 1989
Riggin v. Board of Trustees of Ball State University 1986
State ex rel. Colescott v. King 1900