Legal Opinion
Flowers, Jr. v. Office of the Governor
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided August 8, 2017No. C.A. N16A-05-004 FWWPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WHARTON, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Delaware’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) was enacted in 1976. In 2010, the statute was amended to remedy a perceived inequity. Prior to the amendment, a citizen who was denied access to records by a public body the Attorney General was not obliged to represent was able to enlist the assistance of the Attorney General in obtaining those records. The only recourse available to another citizen who was denied access to records by a public body the Attorney General was obliged to repre sent, however, was to bring suit on his own at his own expense against the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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