Great Falls Tribune Co. v. Cascade County Sheriff

The City of Great Falls appeals from an order of the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, that the City must publicly disclose the names of three law enforcement officers disciplined as the result of a November 30, 1988, incident. We affirm.

The issue is whether the privacy rights of the individual police officers exceed the merits of public disclosure of the names of the officers in the Great Falls Tribune.

On November 30, 1988, certain police officers and deputies from the Cascade County Sheriffs Office engaged in a high-speed automobile chase through the City of…