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West Virginia Police Report of Fight Between Juveniles is a Disclosable Public Record Under State FOIA

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Police. Location: West Virginia.

Ogden Newspapers, Inc. (Paper), sued the City of Williamstown in state court to compel disclosure of police reports about a fight between two juveniles, pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), W.Va. Code § 29B-1-I et seq. The trial court dismissed, finding that the reports were exempt from ...

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