Legal Opinion
Telegram Publishing Co. v. Kansas Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided July 12, 2002No. 86,767PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Elliott, J.:
In this Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) case, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) appeals the trial court’s order granting the Telegram Publishing Company, Inc., (Telegram) attorney fees and costs pursuant to K.S.A. 45-222(c). We reverse.
Relevant background
After KDOT denied a request by Telegram for access to its records on the ratings of railroad crossings in Finney County, Telegram filed this suit to enforce a request for a public record pursuant to KORA, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq. Summary judgment was entered in favor of Telegram. Some 11 months later, the trial court…
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