Wiggins v. McDevitt

WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff James Russell Wiggins is the editor and publisher of a weekly newspaper owned by plaintiff Ellsworth American, Inc. Plaintiffs commenced this action pursuant to the Maine Freedom of Access Act (1 M.R.S.A. § 401 et seq. (1979))1 seeking an order requiring the defendant, a deputy sheriff of Hancock County, to permit plaintiffs to inspect records pertaining to fees received by defendant for serving civil process. The Superior Court found as a fact *421that defendant had no record of such fees other than his personal copy of state and federal individual income tax returns.…