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Advisory Opinion 02-010 02-010Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.11, did the Minnesota Department of Public Safety respond appropriately to an August 9, 2000, request that certain data be returned to the…
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Advisory Opinion 02-009 02-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.11, did Crow Wing County respond appropriately to an August 9, 2000, request that certain data be returned to the data subject X? Pursuant…
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Advisory Opinion 02-008 02-008Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.11, did the City of Brainerd respond appropriately to an August 9, 2000, request that certain data be returned to the data subject X? Purs…
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Advisory Opinion 01-079 01-079When a government entity uses Minnesota Statutes, section 13.393, as the basis for denying access to public documents sought pursuant to a data practices request, must the government entity also give the underlying basi…
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Advisory Opinion 01-070 01-070Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources maintains: all identifying data about Minnesota State Conservation Officers…
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Advisory Opinion 01-069 01-069What is the classification of previous and current reports about X that the Le Sueur County Sheriff maintains? X requested and signed a
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Advisory Opinion 01-064 01-064Would the public's right to gain access to government data that describe actions taken by employees of the City of Minneapolis be frustrated if the City did not document these activities?
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Advisory Opinion 01-050 01-050Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of St. Paul Police Department respond appropriately to a March 22, 2001, request for data by denying KSTP-TV access to the identity of the complainant and the tra…
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Advisory Opinion 01-048 01-048Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of a video tape of the booking area within the secured portion of the Washington County Jail?
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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 01-040 01-040If the City of Woodbury requires an individual to supply his/her Social Security number as part of applying for a firearm permit, has the City violated that individual's rights under state and federal law?
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Advisory Opinion 01-038 01-038Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Murray County Central Schools respond appropriately to an April 12, 2000, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 01-036 01-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Le Sueur County Sheriff respond appropriately to a request in December 1999 for
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Advisory Opinion 01-022 01-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the City of Maplewood maintains: data in a letter regarding a former city employee?
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Advisory Opinion 01-017 01-017Are the information or reports maintained by ambulance personnel on criminal defendants releasable to law enforcement personnel? Should statements made by criminal defendants to ambulance personnel be differentiated bet…
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Advisory Opinion 00-078 00-078Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Hibbing respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data: name and address of an individual, present at the scene of an alleged crime, whom …
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Advisory Opinion 00-076 00-076Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Minneapolis respond appropriately to a request, made at a meeting in late June, for access to a complete police report regarding an incident that occurred on D…
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Advisory Opinion 00-075 00-075As of December 2, 1998, was the preliminary finding of investigators that the squad's red lights were not on at the time of the collision
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Advisory Opinion 00-025 00-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, did the City of Rochester respond properly to a request for access to data on unpaid parking tickets?
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Advisory Opinion 00-024 00-024Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the Kandiyohi County Sheriff maintains: Name; Race; Date of birth; Address of inmate; Booking number; Height, weight…
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Advisory Opinion 00-023 00-023Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Pope County respond appropriately to an April 27, 2000, request for the following data: copies of correspondence from or to Enron Gas Company concerning the exposed gas li…
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Advisory Opinion 00-011 00-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the South Lake Minnetonka Public Safety Department respond properly to a request to inspect the public data contained in the Department's so-called log sheets?
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Advisory Opinion 00-007 00-007Did the Corrections Corporation of America-Prairie Correctional Facility respond properly to a request for access to various policies and procedures?
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Advisory Opinion 00-003 00-003Would X's rights be violated if the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) disseminated to the public, data about him/her contained in the following documents: 1) an Amended Order to Comply and Penalty Assess…
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Advisory Opinion 99-032 99-032Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data maintained by the City of Brooklyn Park Police Department: a security camera tape obtained from a hotel that the Department us…