Legal Opinion

Freudenthal v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc.

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 2010No. S-09-0183, S-09-0184PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KITE, Justice.

[T1] Declining mineral revenue required the Governor of the State of Wyoming, David D. Freudenthal (the Governor), to request budget reduction plans from all state agencies. Claiming the budget reduction plans were public records under Wyoming's Public Records Act (WPRA), Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 16-4-201 through 164-205 (LexisNexis 2009), Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. (the Newspaper) requested copies of the plans the Department of Family Services (DFS) and the Department of Health submitted to the Governor. The Governor denied the request asserting the plans fell within a deliberative…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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