High court to decide three records access cases

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The US Supreme Court will hear three cases during its fall 1999 term regarding access to government records. One involves police records for commercial use, the second a challenge to the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, and the third on whether national security is an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act.

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Police videotapes of bookings are public records

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Hemeyer v. KRCG-TV that police videotapes of criminal suspects' bookings were public records and ordered the county seeking their closure to pay legal costs for withholding them.

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Governments can deny records access to commercial users

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The US Supreme Court ruled in McClure v. Amelkin that commercial users can be barred from using police records without violation of the First Amendment commercial speech rights.

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