Ames v. City of Fircrest

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• noting that “Ames had the burden, both as the party claiming the exemption from disclosure and as the responding nonmovant at summary judgment, to present evidence sufficient to establish a prima facie case that nondisclosure was essential to effec tive law enforcement”
• appellate review of PRA decisions based solely on documentary evidence without testimony is de novo, and the appellate court may decide issues of both fact and law
• “The plurality holding in Cowles is case specific and does not establish a broad principle that all information in the records of any investigation characterized as an internal investigation is automatically exempt.”
• \The plurality holding in Cowles is case specific and does not establish a broad principle that all information in the records of any investigation characterized as an internal investigation is automatically exempt.\

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