Legal Opinion
Heltzel v. Thomas
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1987No. 45A03-8703-CV-75PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Bill Heltzel (Heltzel) is an investigative reporter employed by Howard Publications, Inc., publisher of The Times, He was researching a story about the Lake County Coroner's Office and requested copies of its files. Dr. Daniel Thomas (Thomas) did not comply and Heltzel filed suit pursuant to The Access to Public Records Act (Act), West's AIC 5-14-8-1 (Supp.1987).
Responding to motions for summary judgment by Heltzel and Thomas, the trial court ruled that 1) the coroner was a law enforcement officer who could exercise discretion in disclosing documents, 2) that Thomas did not…
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