Legal Opinion
News-Press & Gazette Co. v. Cathcart
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1998No. WD 54859PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ULRICH, Chief Judge.
David Cathcart, the appointed medical examiner of Buchanan County, appeals the trial court’s judgment ordering him to make available to the News-Press and Gazette Company (News-Press) the autopsy report of Melanie Sherman in accordance with the Missouri Sunshine Law, Chapter 610, RSMo. He argues that the medical examiner is not a public governmental body as defined in section 610.010(4).1 The judgment of the trial *578court is reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions.
The facts in this case were stipulated by the parties. Melanie Sherman died on July 24, 1997, within…
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- State Ex Rel. Collins v. DonelsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
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