Legal Opinion

Gallagher v. Marion County Victim Advocate Program, Inc.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 24, 1980No. 2-777-A-292PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YOUNG, Judge.

The Marion County Victim Advocate Program, Inc. [MCVAP] brought this mandamus action in the Marion Superior Court to compel access to certain Indianapolis Police Department reports known as DHC’s.1 The DHC’s are reports made by an officer who is called to the scene of a crime, accident or other incident which detail the location, time and description of the incident and include the names of any victim, witness or suspect.

MCVAP is a private Indiana corporation the sole purpose of which is to aid the victims of violent crime. From March, 1974 to February, 1976 MCVAP was provided…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Indiana Department of State Revenue v. Colpaert Realty Corp.Indiana Supreme Court · 1952
  3. State ex rel. Williams v. EllisIndiana Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Schrenker v. CliffordIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
  5. State Ex Rel. Mavity v. TyndallIndiana Supreme Court · 1946

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnson County Farm Bureau Cooperative Ass'n v. Indiana Department of State RevenueIndiana Tax Court · 1991
  2. Indiana State Department of Welfare v. StagnerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Shultz v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. WorldCom Network Services, Inc. v. ThompsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Howard County Police Officers Ass'n v. Howard CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1999

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