Legal Opinion

Cranford v. Montgomery County

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided September 14, 1984No. 103, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This action is one to enforce the Public Information Act, Md.Code (1957, 1980 Repl.Vol., 1983 Cum.Supp.), Art. 76A, §§ 1-5A (the Md.Act). At issue are many documents which relate to a public construction project and which a public agency withheld when a newspaper requested production under the Md.Act. The circuit court and the intermediate appellate court approved nondisclosure in reliance on the exemption from production for agency memoranda set forth in § 3(b)(v) of the Md.Act. In our view there are deficiencies in the agency’s proof. We shall remand pursuant to Maryland…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by46 opinions

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