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Montana DOC Must Have Open Meetings On Proposals for Construction of New Prison

Loaded on June 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records, Open Meetings. Location: Montana.

The Great Falls Tribune, a Montana newspaper, sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to compel it to conduct open negotiations regarding the construction of a new prison. The trial court held that the DOC didn't have to allow the public to observe its negotiations but did have to make …

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