KMEG Television, Inc. v. Iowa State Board of Regents

NEUMAN, Justice.

In 1987, appellant KMEG Television, Inc. lost out on its bid to become part of the Hawkeye Sports Network. This is an appeal from its unsuccessful attempt to compel disclosure of what other TV stations bid and paid for a one-year contract to telecast the Hawkeyes. KMEG frames the issue broadly: Are bids submitted for the purchase of public property subject to examination under Iowa Code chapter 22, the Freedom of Information Act? The district court, viewing the issue more narrowly, said “no,” concluding that the bids at issue were neither public records nor in the control of a…