Legal Opinion
Rutland Herald v. Vermont State Police and Office of the Attorney General
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 30, 2012No. 2010-434PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. This case concerns public access to records that newspaper plaintiff Rutland Herald believes are of intense public interest: material related to a criminal investigation of possession of child pornography by employees of the Criminal Justice Training Council at the Vermont Police Academy. The Herald appeals from a trial court decision granting summary judgment to defendants, the Vermont State Police (VSP) and the Office of the Attorney General (collectively “the State”), and denying disclosure of the records under the Access to Public Records Act (PRA), 1 V.S.A. §§ 315-320. The court…
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