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Dear Mr. Goudeau:

We have reviewed certain documentation concerning two written public records requests received by your office June 7, 1996, submitted by the office of the Daily World, an Opelousas newspaper. We have also reviewed your correspondence detailing your actions in response to these requests. Finally, we have reviewed a legal memorandum prepared by Mr. I. Jackson Burson, Jr., Special Counsel to your office, in which Mr. Burson concluded that no provisions of the Louisiana Public Records Law have been violated by your office in responding to the Daily World requests. We agree with…