Gannon v. Board of Regents

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• holding that a private corporation exercising authority delegated by the Board of Regents was performing a government function and was therefore subject to the open-records requirements of Iowa Code chapter 22
• interpreting section 22.2(2) and finding the records of a university’s foundation were public records because the foundation was “performing a government function pursuant to its contract with” the university
• “Customarily, our review of an action brought under chapter 22 would be de novo, the nature of the action being that of mandamus, triable in equity.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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