State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Harder

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

This is an appeal by the State on relation of the attorney general from the decision of the Shawnee District Court in a declaratory judgment action. The principal issue is whether the custodian of public records which contain some information made confidential by law is required upon request to disclose nonconfidential information contained therein, under the provisions of the Kansas public records inspection act, K.S.A. 45-201 et seq. (Ensley). The trial court, for various reasons, held that the statute does not require disclosure of the…