Major FOIA Litigation by State
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This is a list of major FOIA litigation, organized by state. If you were looking for FOIA litigation organized by year, please see: Court cases with an impact on state FOIA
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon to the right of the Year heading)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Lawsuit | Year |
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Arizona Newspapers Inc. v. Superior Court | 1985 |
Carlson v. Pima County | 1984 |
City of Prescott v. Town of Chino Valley | 1990 |
Cox Arizona Publications Inc. v. Collins | 1993 |
Lake v. City of Phoenix | 2009 |
Mathews v. Pyle | 1952 |
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Lawsuit | Year |
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Burnham Broadcasting Co. v. County of Hawaii | 1992 |
Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu | 2006 |
Idaho
Lawsuit | Year |
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Federated Publications Inc. v. Boise City | 1996 |
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Lawsuit | Year |
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Town of Burlington v. Hospital Administrative District No. 1 | 2001 |
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
We do not have any pages on litigation in Minnesota.
Mississippi
Missouri
Lawsuit | Year |
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Librach v. Cooper | 1989 |
North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital | |
Remington v. City of Boonville | 1985 |
Tuft v. City of St. Louis | 1995 |
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Lawsuit | Year |
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Bradbury v. Shaw | 1976 |
Professional Firefighters of N.H. v. Healthtrust Inc. | 2004 |
Union Leader Corporation v. NH Housing Finance Authority | 1997 |
Selkowe v. Bean | 1968 |
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Lawsuit | Year |
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City of Grand Forks v. Grand Forks Herald | 1981 |
Forum Publishing Company v. City of Fargo | 1986 |
Grand Forks Herald v. Lyons | 1960 |
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Lawsuit | Year |
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Davis v. Walker | 1991 |
Gray v. Salem-Keizer School District | 1996 |
In Defense of Animals v. OHSU | 2005 |
Mail Tribune v. Michael Winters | 2008 |
Marks v. McKenzie High School Fact Finding Team | 1994 |
McEwan v. Holm | 1961 |
Pennsylvania
Lawsuit | Year |
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Harristown Development Corporation v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 1992 |
Judge v. Pocius | 1977 |
Pennsylvania State Police v. Office of Open Records | 2010 |
Pocono Record v. ESU Foundation | 2010 |
Rhode Island
Lawsuit | Year |
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Office of the Governor | 2010 |
Providence Journal Co. v. Sundlun | 1992 |
South Carolina
Lawsuit | Year |
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Quality Towing Inc. v. City of Myrtle Beach | 2001 |
Weston v. Carolina Research and Development Foundation | 1991 |
South Dakota
We do not have any pages on litigation in South Dakota. To add some, see our Sunshine litigation project page.
Tennessee
Texas
Lawsuit | Year |
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Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova v. Frank D. Brown | 2009 |
Blankenship v. Brazos Higher Education Authority | 1998 |
City of Abilene v. Shackelford | 1978 |
City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News | 1999 |
Dallas v. Abbott | 2010 |
Gill v. Snow | 1982 |
Palacios v. Corbett | 1915 |
Tovar v. Texas | 1998 |
Jenkins v. State of Texas | 1903 |
Utah
Vermont
Lawsuit | Year |
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State of Vermont v. Edgar Whitney | 2005 |
State v. Vermont Emergency Board | 1978 |
Trombley v. Bellows Falls Union High School District | 1992 |
Clement v. Graham | 1906 |
Matte v. City of Winooski | 1970 |
Virginia
Lawsuit | Year |
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Gannett v. Department of Health and Social Services | 2005 |
McBurney and Hurlbert v. McDonnell | 2009 |