DAILY GAZETTE CO. v. W. VA. DEVELOPMENT

No. 23560.

482 S.E.2d 180 (1996)

198 W.Va. 563

The DAILY GAZETTE COMPANY, INC., a West Virginia Corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. The WEST VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE and its Director, Thomas C. Burns, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne M. Weise, Patrick C. McGinley, Morgantown, for Appellant.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Donald L. Darling, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellees.


McHUGH, Chief Justice:

The Daily Gazette Company, Inc. (hereinafter "Gazette") instituted this action under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, W. Va.Code, 29B-1-1, et seq., to obtain certain documents in the possession of the West Virginia Development Office. Though the Circuit Court of Kanawha County released certain documents to the Gazette in their entirety, it also withheld certain other documents...

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