Legal Opinion
Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration v. Pharmacy Associates, Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 4, 1998No. 97-1293PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ray Thornton, Justice.
The question in this case is whether a state agency can claim the competitive-advantage exception under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (the FOIA) on behalf of the person who supplied the information. Appellants are the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DF&A) and Merck-Medco Managed Care, Inc. (Medco). The appehee Pharmacy Associates, Inc. sought disclosure of Medco’s successful bid proposal from DF&A. When DF&A delivered the documents with certain proprietary information deleted, Pharmacy Associates filed suit under the FOIA to obtain disclosure…
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