LeMond v. McElroy

This is a mandamus proceeding filed in the trial court under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Code §§ 2.1-340.1 through -346.1 (the Act). The only record provided on appeal is a letter from petitioner to certain public officials including the Attorney General of Virginia, a response of the Attorney General, the petition for a writ of mandamus, the transcript of a brief hearing at which no evidence was presented, and the order of the trial court awarding mandamus.

From this sparse record, the following facts can be ascertained. In April 1986, one Cassandra Jones was detained erroneously…