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Advisory Opinion 95-048 95-048Are the data contained in the itemized legal bills, from January 1995 to the present, from the law firm of Holmes and Graven [sic] to the City of Lauderdale, public data?
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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…
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Advisory Opinion 95-038 95-038Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 and Section 626.557, does an individual have the right to gain access to data about her/himself maintained by an agency which has investigated an allegation of maltreatment of a…
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Advisory Opinion 95-036 95-036Does an individual have a right, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, to gain access to the data collected and recorded on ICRs that have been maintained by the LeSueur County Sheriff's office since 1991? Does an …
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Advisory Opinion 95-032 95-032May a law enforcement agency, which maintains videotapes and photographs that are part of an inactive investigative file, classify same videotapes and photographs as nonpublic data when those videotapes and photographs …
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Advisory Opinion 95-029 95-029Are data collected by the City of Waterville Police Department and recorded on ICRs (Initial Call Reports) public data? Are data collected and recorded on the City of Waterville Police Department dispatch logs public da…
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Advisory Opinion 95-022 95-022Are certain data (see Mr. Anfinson's letter for particulars), collected and maintained by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, public data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-005 95-005Must Chaska permit public access to the Notice of Claim, to information concerning the existence and status of a sexual harassment claim, whether a student is the alleged perpetrator, and the damages (if any) that have …
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Advisory Opinion 95-004 95-004May detention photos (
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Advisory Opinion 95-003 95-003A member of the public asked whether the St. Paul Police Department responded appropriately for a request for a videotape of an interview between an individual and police officers. The Police Department argued that the …
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Advisory Opinion 94-060 94-060May access to certain law enforcement data be denied pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.82, subdivisions 7 and 10, if those data have been disseminated in a briefing to members of the public by the law enforcemen…
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Advisory Opinion 94-054 94-054When a 16- or 17-year-old juvenile has been arrested on suspicion of, and/or charged with, an offense that if committed by an adult would be a felony, are the juvenile's name and age, and other identifying information m…
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Advisory Opinion 94-048 94-048If an inactive criminal investigative file contains both public and private data, is a government entity required by Chapter 13 to separate the two types of data and make the public data available to the public? How are…
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Advisory Opinion 94-040 94-040When an employee of the City of Buffalo didn't know what the classification of a piece of private data was, did that constitute a violation of the minor child's rights by impeding access to government data and not apply…
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Advisory Opinion 94-030 94-030Does the Brooklyn Park Police Department violate §13.82, subd. 5 of the Data Practices Act by having a policy of classifying as private all photographs taken at death scenes, regardless of their contents? Should the Bro…
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Advisory Opinion 94-029 94-029Are the Minneapolis police department's property inventory lists recording information about inventory sales of firearms to federally licensed gun dealers public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act?
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Advisory Opinion 94-020 94-020Are booking photos public data under Minnesota Statutes Section 13.82?
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Advisory Opinion 94-015 94-015A member of the public asked about the classification of data regarding ambulance services from the City of Red Wing Fire Department. The City argued the data were private under Minnesota Statutes section 144.807, which…
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Advisory Opinion 94-010 94-010
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Advisory Opinion 94-006 94-006Would you state if you agree with Commissioner Jordan's interpretation of the Minnesota Data Practices Act?
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Advisory Opinion 94-003 94-003Did the police department violate Minnesota Statute Section 13.04, Subdivision 3 by refusing to provide Y all of the records regarding X within the five day timeline, which began to run on October 9, 1992? Was the polic…
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Advisory Opinion 93-003 93-003Do videotapes that trigger an investigation that ultimately leads to discipline of a public employee, and which are referred to as grounds for the disciplinary action, constitute 'public data' under the Minnesota Govern…