State v. Yzaguirre

SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.

This appeal calls upon the Court to determine the scope of the “litigation exception” to the open meeting law under I.C. § 67-2345(l)(f). The statute has since been amended, addressing the issue in this case, thereby rendering this decision valueless as precedent on the litigation exception. The subsidiary issue of what constitutes “written minutes” could have been removed from the case by transcribing a recording at little cost compared to the public funds being expended for this litigation. The third issue concerns the question of the intent that must be proved to…