Legal Opinion
Northeast Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Public Health
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 23, 1994No. 93-424PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVORATO, Justice.
At issue in this appeal is whether prior grant applications for public funds are confidential records under Iowa’s freedom of information act. See Iowa Code ch. 22 (1991). The district court did not think so and refused to enjoin their release to a competitor of the entity seeking the funds. We agree and affirm.
Northeast Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. (NECSA) is a small nonprofit substance abuse treatment facility. Its primary office is in Waterloo. Incorporated in 1967, NEC-SA employs forty-one people. About 75% of NECSA’s annual funding comes through grants from various…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- City of Dubuque v. Telegraph Herald, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. OsmundsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Iowa Civil Rights Commission v. City of Des Moines/Personnel DepartmentSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
- City of Sioux City v. Greater Sioux City Press ClubSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- DeLaMater v. Marion Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
- Rathmann v. Board of Directors of the Davenport Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa, Inc. v. Records Custodian, Atlantic Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
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