LAWSON v. OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN.

No. 2012-SC-000201-DG.

415 S.W.3d 59 (2013)

Leonard LAWSON, Appellant v. OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL and Jack Conway, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Kentucky; The Courier-Journal, Inc.; Lexington Herald-Leader Co.; and the Associated Press, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Guthrie True , Frankfort, Whitney True Lawson , Counsel for Appellant.

Nicole Hou Wen Pang , Frankfort, Counsel for Appellees Office of the Attorney General, and Jack Conway, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Kentucky.

Jon L. Fleischaker , Jeremy Stuart Rogers , Louisville, Counsel for Appellees The Courier-Journal, Inc.; Lexington Herald-Leader Co.; and The Associated Press.

Jeffrey C. Mando , Covington, Counsel for Amicus Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and E.W. Scripps Company.


Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

In Beckham v. Board of Education of Jefferson Co., 873 S.W.2d 575 (Ky.1994), we held that the Kentucky Open Records Act (KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the "ORA" or the "Act") provides a cause of action whereby an affected individual may seek to preclude the disclosure of public records pertaining to him or her. Having had little occasion since Beckham to address such reverse-ORA actions...

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