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DOE v. SCHNEIDER

Civ. A. No. 75-38-C6.

443 F.Supp. 780 (1978)

John DOE, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, the Kansas Civil Liberties Union, representing John Doe on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Diana Gurley, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, and Dr. Jan Flora, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Curt SCHNEIDER, and in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Kansas, and William Albott, and in his official capacity as Director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

January 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. L. Kinch, Robert R. Arnold, Wichita, Kan., Terry D. Watson, Topeka, Kan., Jack D. Novik, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Michael B. Rees and Michael C. Cavell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Topeka, Kan., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'CONNOR, District Judge.

I.

Defendant Schneider is the Attorney General of the State of Kansas. Shortly after taking office in January of 1975, Mr. Schneider announced that he had discovered the existence of hundreds of files kept by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), which, in his opinion, had little or no law enforcement value. The Attorney General reportedly stated that the subjects of the files were public officials...

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