Legal Opinion
Daily Gazette Co. v. West Virginia Development Office
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1996No. 23560PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McHUGH, Chief Justice:
The Daily Gazette Company, Inc. (hereinafter “Gazette”) instituted this action under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W. Va.Code, 29B-1-1, et seq., to obtain certain documents in the possession of the West Virginia Development Office. Though the Circuit Court of Kanawha County released certain documents to the Gazette in their entirety, it also withheld certain other documents, either in whole or in part, pursu ant to W. Va.Code, 29B-1^4(8) [1977], which exempts from public disclosure “[i]nternal memoranda or letters received or prepared by any public body.”
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