Cranford v. Montgomery County

This appeal calls on us to establish a standard by which equity courts may determine whether private citizens should be granted or denied access to certain records in the possession of a local government in accordance with the Maryland Freedom of Information Act. We must also form a corollary standard to guide chancellors in the exercise of their discretion concerning the decision of whether to conduct an in camera review of requested records subject to disclosure under the Act.

Factual Background

After it completed building the Executive Office and Judicial Center, Blake Construction Company…