Legal Opinion
City of Grand Forks v. Grand Forks Herald, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1981No. Civ. 9889PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAULSON, Justice.
The City of Grand Forks appeals from a judgment entered against it by the District Court of Grand Forks County on October 29, 1980. The judgment decreed that the Grand Forks Herald had a right to inspect the personnel file of S. D. Knutson, the former chief of police for the City of Grand Forks, because the personnel file maintained by the city’s personnel director constituted a “public record” within the meaning of Article XI, § 6 of the North Dakota Constitution and § 44-04-18 of the North Dakota Century Code. We affirm.
Knutson was employed by the City as chief of police…
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