1A Docket First Amendment · Utah

Third District, then Utah Supreme Court · 110917703 / 20121057

Schroeder v. Utah Attorney General’s Office

Requester won Judicial review

Forum
Third District, then Utah Supreme Court
Case number
110917703 / 20121057
Decided
Aug 25, 2015
Outcome
Requester won
Underlying case
Closed. Decided by the Utah Supreme Court on August 25 2015; reversed.

What the court held

  • Daniel Schroeder asked for bank records the Attorney General’s Office had seized by warrant while investigating the Envision Ogden group. The office refused, and the district court held the Utah Constitution’s search-and-seizure clause shielded the records. The Supreme Court reversed: records the state takes under a valid warrant or subpoena are not exempt from GRAMA, and the requester must be given the bank records. The court also ordered two investigation documents disclosed, holding the interests behind attorney work product faded once the investigation ended.

Docket · filings

1 filing
Aug 25, 2015Utah Supreme Court
The opinionSupreme Court opinion
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