Edward A. Sherman Publishing Co. v. Carpender

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on appeal by the plaintiffs, Edward A. Sherman Publishing Company and the Providence Journal Company (plaintiffs or plaintiff newspapers), from a summary judgment entered by the Newport County Superior Court in favor of the defendants, the school committee of the town of Portsmouth (defendants or school committee). The plaintiffs’ complaint was brought pursuant to G.L.1956 (1990 Reenactment) § 38-2-1, the Access to Public Records Act. The plaintiffs seek to learn the identities of twenty-eight teachers within the Portsmouth school…