Weston v. Carolina Research & Development Foundation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that private business enterprises \that receive payment from public bodies in return for supplying specific goods or services on an arms length basis\ are not subject to the state's sunshine laws
• finding the FOIA applies when an \organization undertakes the management of the expenditure of public funds\
• foundation operated for benefit of public university which receives and expends public funds subject to open records law
• foundation operated for benefit of public university which receives and expends public funds subject to open records law
• “[T]his decision does not mean that the [open-records act] would apply to business enterprises that receive payment from public bodies in return for supplying specific goods or services on an arms length basis.”
• The Act applies “when a block of public funds is diverted en masse from a public body to a related organization, or when the related organization undertakes management of the expenditure of public funds.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-20· cited 44×
• Telford v. Thurston County Board of Commissioners
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-04-16· cited 40×
• Burton v. York County Sheriff's Department
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-04-05· cited 29×
• State Defender Union Employees v. Legal Aid & Defender Ass'n of Detroit
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1998-09-29· cited 14×
• Disabato v. South Carolina Ass'n of School Administrators
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-07-17· cited 11×
• Woods v. Boeing Co.
  D. South Carolina· 2012-01-03· cited 10×
• DomainsNewMedia.com, LLC v. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Commerce
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-05-23· cited 8×
• Alyne Fortgang, Appellant, v. Woodland Park Zoo, Respondent
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-02-01· cited 3×
• Geauga Cty. Prosecutor's Office v. Munson Fire Dept.
  Ohio Court of Claims· 2023-10-17· cited 3×
• Sutler v. Palmetto Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-01-13· cited 1×
• Opinion No. (2002)
  Oklahoma Attorney General Reports· 2002-08-21
• Copano NGL Services, LLC v. John Ashcraft, Individually and as Trustee for the John Ashcraft Family Trust 2012
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-10-05
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• Thomasena Adams v. Governor McMaster
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Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gilmore v. Ivey
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1986-08-25· cited 32×
• Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1953-04-27· cited 16×
• Trustees of the Columbia Academy v. Board of Trustees
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-01-28· cited 4×
• Bell Finance Co. v. South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1988-11-14· cited 3×