Mississippi State University v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Following Mississippi State University’s (“MSU”) denial of its records request, People for the Ethical Treatment of *596Animals, Inc. (“PETA”) filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of Oktibbeha County seeking disclosure. In its initial request, PETA sought records relating to any and all research projects, tests, and/or experiments that initially received funding and/or sponsorship and any and all installments thereof, in whole or in part, from The lams Company (“lams”) or an affiliate and for which in vivo animal research was conducted at MSU from 1999 to…