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· 3/28/1983

Head v. Colloton

Citations

  • 331 N.W.2d 870
  • 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1450

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that because the UIHC is a state hospital its records were public records for purposes of Iowa Open Records Act, defining “public records” to include “all records and documents of or belonging to this state”
  • determining that the term is broad enough to embrace all steps in applying medical arts to a person
  • prohibiting disclosure of the identity of a potential bone marrow donor on statutory grounds, but noting the \possible chilling effect of disclosure upon medical research\

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Judges: McCormick, Wolle

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