Oregonian Publishing Co. v. Portland School District No. 1J

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• concluding that public interest particularly strong where public employees accused of misuse and theft of public property
• concluding that public interest particularly strong where public employees accused of misuse and theft of public property
• reviewing the record de novo and determining as a matter of law whether the requestor had timely filed its petition before the district attorney and whether the records at issue were statutorily exempt from disclosure
• alleged misuse and theft of public property by public employees was a matter of “legitimate” and “significant” public interest
• court considered fact of prior publicity in holding that records must be disclosed
• court consid- ered fact of prior publicity in holding that records must be disclosed

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