Wiegel v. City of St. Paul

DANIEL F. FOLEY,** Judge

(dissenting)

I respectfully dissent and would reverse. In vacating the award of attorney fees, the district court, relying on Washington v. Independent Sch. Dist. No. 625, 610 N.W.2d 347, 349 (Minn.App.2000), concluded that the disputed data were not accessi.ble by appellants absent a court order. The majority concurs with that holding, but I disagree.

*101I would reverse for either of two reasons. First, words and phrases are to be construed according to their plain meaning. Minn.Stat. § 645.08(1) (2000). Interviewer’s notes and memoranda do not constitute “examination…