11 F. Supp. 2d 1198 - Larson v. Harrington’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Katz v. United States · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Roviaro v. United States · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Boyd v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“the fact that confidential communications within the privilege may have been made at the board meetings does not cloak the entire proceeding in secrecy. The agendas for the pertinent board meetings ... show that they were closed not to obtain legal advice but to consider disciplining a public employee and those discussions are certainly not within the attorney-client privilege.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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