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Advisory Opinion 26-002 26-002A member of the public asked whether a city responded appropriately to a request for documents that an individual gave to city council members during a council meeting. The city maintained that the data its council memb…
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Advisory Opinion 22-007 22-007A member of the public asked whether a county attorney’s office responded appropriately to a request for data, including correspondence and non-work product materials. The county indicated that any responsive data were …
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Advisory Opinion 12-017 12-017A reporter asked a county attorney for access to data about a crime lab. The attorney stated to the Commissioner that the requested data are used, collected, stored and disseminated exclusively in connection with his pr…
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Advisory Opinion 06-024 06-024Did the Metropolitan Airports Commission comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, regarding several requests, beginning April 19, 2002, for access to certain invoices for legal fees?
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Advisory Opinion 05-041 05-041Did the City of Hopkins comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a data request for the 2004 study of the
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Advisory Opinion 05-009 05-009Did the City of St. Mary's Point comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to a copy of a memo issued by the City Attorney regarding ineligible candidates for the November 2004 election?
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Advisory Opinion 03-003 03-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Metropolitan Airports Commission respond appropriately to an October 1, 2002, request to inspect items 2 through 5?
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Advisory Opinion 02-039 02-039Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Ramsey County Attorney's Office appropriately deny a request for access to the name of an individual who was reported by the County to have paid $167,000 in back child…
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Advisory Opinion 01-041 01-041Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 281, Robbinsdale, respond appropriately to a data subject's request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 00-074 00-074Whether the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) responded appropriately to X's request to have access to all data maintained about him/her when the Department provided copies of audio tapes that are difficult t…
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Advisory Opinion 00-062 00-062Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations (DOER) responded appropriately to a data subject's July 13, 2000, request to have access to all data about him/herself if DO…
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Advisory Opinion 98-040 98-040Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the Hennepin Conservation District respond properly to H's January 13, 1998, request for access to data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the Hennepin Conserv…
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Advisory Opinion 98-036 98-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03, did the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board fully comply with a February 26, 1998, request for access to data, and was the response timely?
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Advisory Opinion 97-009 97-009May the University of Minnesota deny access to any of the data, exchanged between the University and the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, which relate to the development of the University Board of Regents' tenure code propo…
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Advisory Opinion 96-040 96-040Does K have the right to gain access to all of the data of which K is the subject, related to K's child support case, maintained by Olmsted County?
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Advisory Opinion 96-038 96-038Has an individual's right to gain access to government data been violated when, in response to a request for access to public data, a government entity takes the position that, because the requestor has initiated a laws…
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Advisory Opinion 95-049 95-049If Olmsted County Community Services maintains data about an individual, are legally authorized representatives of that individual entitled to gain access to those data, upon request, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chap…
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Advisory Opinion 95-045 95-045Is the District obligated to release to the public its attorney's investigator's report concerning alleged misconduct by a District employee?
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Advisory Opinion 95-040 95-040Is a written proposal for settlement of litigation, which has been submitted to the Tri-County Solid Waste Commission, government data? If the settlement proposal is government data, is it classified as not public by an…