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Monday, February 20, 2006
Ind. Decisions - High school student prevails in suit against Kokomo mayor in public access issue
Ryan Nees has prevailed in his suit against Mayor Matt McKillip. Ryan had been denied access to the mayor's master list of e-mail addresses after receiving what he called a “spam” political e-mail from the mayor.
Access the Feb. 20th opinion in Nees v. McKillip here.
For background, see ILB entries from: 10/18/05; 1/18/06; 1/19/06; and 2/12/06.
In her 10-page opinion, Judge Murray states that "this court comes to the same opinion as the Public Access Counselor." Further:
The Plaintiff Nees filed this action after obtaining a favorable opinion from the Public Access Counselor and the Defendant's subsequent refusal to abide by the Counselor's advisory opinion. IC 5-14-3-9(i) provides that should the plaintiff prevail in this action, the court is mandated to award to the plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses of litigation.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 20, 2006 11:10 AM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions