Providence Journal Co. v. McCoy

HARTIGAN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs bring this action against the defendants under the Constitution and laws of the United States to enforce their right to inspect and make use of certain public records of the City of Pawtucket, in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, having to do with tax cancellations or abatements; to enjoin the defendants, or certain of them, from withholding said records from the plaintiffs or from limiting or infringing upon the plaintiffs’ right to inspect and make use of said records; to order the defendants, or certain of them, to permit the…