Durham Herald Co. v. North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority

EAGLES, Judge.

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This case presents a question of first impression here — whether records made by contractors and subcontractors (contractors) of the Authority, kept by the contractors and not actually received by the Authority are public records, as defined under G.S. 132-1, requiring disclosure under North Carolina’s public records law.

G.S. 132-1 provides:

“Public record” or “public records” shall mean all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material,…