Buckner v. Burnett

On the day that Simon B. Buckner filed his lawsuit to obtain records of the Speaker of *909the House’s long distance telephone calls, state officials produced the records. The circuit court concluded that the dispute was moot and granted summary judgment for the officials. Buckner appeals. He argues that he established that the officials violated the law by not producing the documents immediately, so the circuit court should have denied the officials’ motion for summary judgment. He also argues that granting summary judgment was error because the circuit court did not resolve his allegation that…