Sheriff's Office told to pay fees in lawsuit

From Sunshine Review

December 19, 2008

Sheriff's Office told to pay fees in lawsuit

"The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday told the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office that it had to pay legal fees for a lawsuit over failing to produce public records in a timely manner.

A lower court had awarded the fees to the Tucson Citizen newspaper, even though the Sheriff's Office maintained that the initial records request had been made to a different agency.

But the court determined that Sheriff's Office had delayed disclosure of the records to the Citizen and ordered the office to pay more than $25,000." Read the full article here.