Legal Opinion
Newspapers, Inc. v. Metropolitan Police Department
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 1988No. 86-1677PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether the Duncan Ordinance, 1 DCMR § 1000 et seq. (1986), is a “statute” within the meaning of Exemption 6 of the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), D.C.Code § l-1524(a)(6) (1987 RepLVol.). We hold that it is not and, therefore, could not be the basis for denying the request of appellants, the publisher and a reporter of the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper (“the Sentinel”), for records concerning the arrest of Robert W. Kasten, Jr., a United State’s Senator from Wisconsin, for driving while intoxicated. 1…
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