Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the fact that the investigation to which these materials related had been concluded [does not] destroy the exemption”
• holding that in camera review of police records is unnecessary where oral testimony regarding the documents offered sufficient proof that they were of the type protected by statute
• holding that although in camera inspection of documents claimed to be exempted from public records definition will sometimes be necessary and appropriate, it need not be automatic, given Superior Court workload
• reviewing court will reverse determination that investigatory exemption applies only where findings are clearly erroneous or rulings are tainted with error of law
• public records law and its exemptions do not discrimi nate among persons seeking disclosure
• \Even materials relating to an inactive investigation may require confidentiality in order to convince citizens that they may safely confide in law enforcement officials.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).