Michael Long, Lynn Martin, Steven Goodkind and the Coalition for a Liveable City v. City of Burlington and BTC Mall Associates, LLC

¶ 1. Plaintiff Coalition for a Livable City (CLC) appeals the trial court's summary judgment denying its Public Records Act (PRA) request to the City of Burlington for an unredacted financial feasibility study provided by a private developer to a contractor hired by the City of Burlington to help the City assess the viability of the developer's plans. The development plans included some public improvements to be financed with tax dollars. We do not decide whether the documents qualify as public records under the PRA because we conclude that, assuming without deciding that they do, the…