Legal Opinion
Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing Co. v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 12, 2002No. 87,374PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Abbott, J.:
Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Company, Inc. (Wichita Eagle) and Robert Short, a reporter with Wichita Eagle, sought an order and judgment in mandamus to compel Charles Simmons, Secretary of Corrections for the State of Kansas, to provide them with access to and/or copies of correctional records, including documents which would identify releasees who were charged with murder or manslaughter from 1996 through 1999, under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA), K.S.A. 45-215 et seq. The district court determined that supervision history…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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