Des Moines Independent Community School District Public Records v. Des Moines Register & Tribune Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[cjourts have generally held that settlement agreements with public bodies are subject to disclosure.”
• protecting communications with persons not employed by the school district because they “are not a part of the agency” with custody of the records and by implication indicating the confidentiality extends to communications with employees of other government agencies
• “The question does not turn on which party is the first to reach the courthouse.”
• “Iowa Code section 22.10(3)(c) provides that a district court shall order the payment of reasonable attorney fees to a plaintiff establishing a violation of chapter 22.”
• “A public agency often conducts investigations by interviewing people who are not a part of the agency. In order to do so effectively the agency must be able to provide for confidentiality.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).