Legal Opinion
The Herald Company, a New York Corporation, Doing Business in Missouri as Globe-Democrat Publishing Company v. Theodore D. McNeal
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1977No. 76-1460PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The publisher of the Globe-Democrat brought this action seeking to enjoin the Commissioners of the Board of Police from denying access to arrest records and police reports. 1 In Counts I and II, Globe claims that these records and reports should be available to their reporters pursuant to the “Sunshine” law, Mo.R.S. §§ 610.010 and 610.015 and other state statutes, Mo.R.S. §§ 109.180, 109.190 and 109.210 et seq. It also claims that the refusal to permit access to arrest records and police reports denies their property right in the news and impairs freedom of the press in…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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