Demers v. City of Minneapolis

OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant City of Minneapolis challenges the judgment requiring it to allow respondent David Demers to inspect nonpending and noncurrent police department internal affairs complaint forms without charge. The city argues the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and policy considerations require that complainants’ names be protected and not subject to public disclosure.

FACTS

David Demers is a graduate student in the social sciences at the University of Minnesota. In March 1989, he wrote a letter to Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux requesting copies of or access to…