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HEAD v. COLLOTON

No. 83-241.

331 N.W.2d 870 (1983)

William HEAD, Appellee, v. John COLLOTON and Lloyd J. Filer, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Brent R. Appel, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Howard O. Hagen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Tom Riley, T. Todd Becker and Peter C. Riley of Tom Riley Law Firm, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal presents a question concerning the right of access of a member of the general public to a hospital's record of the identity of a potential bone marrow donor. The trial court held that a hospital's record of the tissue typing of a potential donor is not exempt from disclosure under section 68A.7(2) of the Iowa Code (1983), the public records statute. We granted interlocutory review of the court's order. After expedited submission of...

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