· 11/4/2004
Harris v. City of Fort Smith
Citations
- 197 S.W.3d 461
- 359 Ark. 355
How courts have described this case
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- holding that one on one meetings, including telephone conversations, between the administrator and city directors to obtain a decision on a property purchase were informal meetings subject to FOIA
- holding that one on one meetings, including telephone conversations, between the administrator and city directors to obtain a decision on a property purchase were informal meetings subject to FOIA
- holding that contact of individual Board members by the City Administrator to obtain approval of action to be taken by the Board as a whole constituted an informal Board meeting subject to the FOIA
- one-on-one discussions between city administrator and board members to approve a proposed real-estate purchase violated the FOIA's open meeting requirements, despite the board's \laudable purpose in acquiring the . . . property by confidential bid.\
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Judges: Jim Hannah
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