Board of Directors of the Davenport Community School District v. Quad City Times

382 N.W.2d 80 (1986)

The BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF the DAVENPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN the COUNTIES OF SCOTT AND MUSCATINE, State of Iowa, Appellee,

v.

The QUAD CITY TIMES, AN UNINCORPORATED DIVISION OF LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, Appellant.

No. 85-739.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 19, 1986.

John J. Carlin, of John J. Carlin, P.C., Davenport, for appellant.

Michael L. Noyes, of Rehling, Lindburg and Gosma, Davenport, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

WOLLE, Justice.

This case presents a question of public access to information on which a school board must take official action. The defendant…