FAC leads amicus signed by 90+ publications in Brown Act case begun by the late Rich McKee
May 6, 2011 by FAC
Filed under Coalition News, FAC Amicis Briefs
A FAC led amicus brief joined by more than 90 newspapers and other publications was filed Thursday in an appeal of a Brown Act law suit involving the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. The suit challenges the supervisors’ practice of holding lunchtime meetings–regularly and often–that were nonpublic and held without notification to the public or [...]
Appeal filed in case of Tulare County supervisors’ ‘unofficial’ lunch meetings
May 5, 2011 by donal brown
Filed under 1st Amendment News, Access to Meetings, FAC Amicis Briefs, News & Opinion, Sunshine Ordinances
The First Amendment Coalition and a number of newspapers across the state are appealing a case involving an alleged Brown Act violation by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors who held 30 lunch meetings without public participation. A superior court judge dismissed the suit as lacking factual basis to proceed to trial. The appeal is [...]
FAC, News media urge Supreme Court to limit FOIA exemption in case heard this week
December 2, 2010 by FAC
Filed under Coalition News, FAC Amicis Briefs, News & Opinion
The US Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a FOIA personnel exemption case, Milner v. Department of the Navy. FAC along with 19 other news organizations filed an amicus brief for the case. The Washington Post‘s and other news accounts suggest the Court was skeptical of the government’s effort to expand a seemingly narrow FOIA [...]
Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands
September 11, 2009 by FAC
Filed under Coalition News, FAC Amicis Briefs
The Texas Open Meetings Act supported by an FAC amicus brief withstood a constitutional challenge by former city council members who asserted the law violated their rights to exchange e-mail messages discussing city business in secret. September 10, 2009 After four years of litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Dallas (5th Cir.) today dismissed [...]
