Legal Opinion
ESPN, Inc. and Paula Lavigne v. University of Notre Dame Police Department
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 16, 2016No. 71S05-1606-MI-359PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASSA, Justice.
An ESPN reporter requested information from the Notre Dame Security Police Department regarding 275 student-athletes. The Department declined, claiming that Notre Dame is a. private university and its police force is not a “law enforcement agency” subject to Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act. The trial court agreed, and dismissed ESPN’s suit. We too find that a private university police department is not a “public agency” for the purposes of APRA, and affirm the trial court.
Facts and Procedural History
The Notre Dame Security Police Department was established in 1977 by…
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