Office of Attorney General v. Gallagher

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether documents within an investigatory file, which are not exempt from public disclosure under § 10-618(f) of the Maryland Public Information Act, Maryland Code (1984, 1999 Repl.Vol.), §§ 10-611 through 10-630 of the State Government Article, but which may be exempt from disclosure under other sections of the Act, must be disclosed to a “person in interest.”

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Maryland’s Public Information Act was originally enacted in 1970 and codified as Maryland Code (1957, 1975 RepLVol.), Art. 76A, §§ 1 through 5. As this Court has reiterated many…