Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Stan D. Owens, Van Wert County Sheriff, John G. Spirko, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1995No. 94-3431PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
This case involves an appeal of an injunction issued by the district court that prohibits the execution of an Ohio state court order issued under the Ohio Public Records Act. The Ohio order would require the release of investigative documents to the defendant Spirko that were compiled by a joint state-federal task force that investigated the murder for which he was eventually convicted and sentenced to death. The United States Postal Service, which was not a party to the Ohio state case, sought and received a preliminary and then a permanent injunction from a federal…
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