Legal Opinion
Clymer v. City of Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 13, 1999No. 97-1705PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
The Gazette Company, a newspaper publisher, sought records from the City of Cedar Rapids concerning city employees’ sick leave compensation and usage during 1996. Wayne Clymer, individually and as president of AFSCME, Local 620, resisted the request, claiming much of the information sought was confidential and exempt from disclosure under Iowa Code section 22.7(11) (1997). 1 Resolving the matter by way of declaratory judgment, the district court determined the Gazette was not entitled to individualized sick leave records but could demand access to aggregate data “not…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mark W. Dobronski v. Federal Communications Commission, an Agency of the Executive Branch of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- City of Dubuque v. Telegraph Herald, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
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