Arkansas court sets bad FOIA precedent
A sharply divided Arkansas Supreme
Court ordered Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mary McGowan to sift through some 600
e-mails of a former county employee to determine whether the e-mails were of a
public nature or were personal correspondence. The case involved former Pulaski County Comptroller Ron Quillin, who is accused
of stealing $42,000 from the county involving 16 counts of felony theft of
property, two felony counts of forgery and one misdemeanor count of
abuse. McGowan had ruled that the e-mails were public documents and
should be released.
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