Attorney general's office sues reporter over access to Sean Reyes' calendar
The Utah Attorney General's Office on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a reporter, seeking to keep Attorney General Sean Reyes' calendars from being released.
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The Utah Attorney General's Office on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a reporter, seeking to keep Attorney General Sean Reyes' calendars from being released.
The State Records Committee has unanimously ruled that Attorney General Sean Reyes’ calendars are public records and should be provided to The Salt Lake Tribune — but due to a
Third District Judge Patrick Corum ruled Tuesday that Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes’ official calendars are subject to the state’s open-records law and must be turned over to news outlets.
A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that the state’s attorney general must release his schedule to KSL in response to an open records request. The victory for the news organization is the culmination of a public records fight that dragged on for more than a year as the attorney general’s office took KSL to court, fighting an earlier ruling to release Attorney General Sean Reyes’ schedule. Third District Judge Patrick Corum granted KSL’s motion for summary judgment, ordering the schedule be released before the case went to trial.
Utahns may finally get to see a record of the day-to-day work life of the state's top law enforcer.