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Advisory Opinion 09-007 09-007Did the Metro Gang Strike Force comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in response to a request from X for access to data about X?
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Advisory Opinion 09-006 09-006Did the City of Montrose comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in response to a request, dated January 10, 2009, for access to certain data?
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Advisory Opinion 09-005 09-005Did the City of Duluth comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to certain dog licensing data? Is the City of Duluth’s charge of $210 for a copy of certain dog licensing data in compliance with Minn…
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Advisory Opinion 09-004 09-004Did the Minnesota Management & Budget comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for the race, gender, and disability status of state employees by agency?
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Advisory Opinion 09-003 09-003Does Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, require Knutson, Flynn & Deans to provide to KSTP-TV any list Knutson, Flynn & Deans created setting forth the public schools or school districts it has represented from 2003 to 2008…
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Advisory Opinion 09-002 09-002In Advisory Opinion 08-022, the Commissioner of Administration opined that certain data supplied by private electric companies (the property addresses for properties that have gone without power for more than thirty day…
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Advisory Opinion 09-001 09-001Did School District 535, Rochester, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in response to a request for public data relating to the termination of a District employee?
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Advisory Opinion 08-035 08-035Did the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, regarding an October 3, 2008, request for data?
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Advisory Opinion 08-034 08-034Does the Open Meeting Law apply to the Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force created by Chapter 212, Laws of Minnesota for 2008? If the Open Meeting Law applies is the Task Force required to meet in a public building or…
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Advisory Opinion 08-033 08-033Did the City of Duluth comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it denied access to the following data: names, job titles and description, first and last date of employment, salary, pension and fringe benefit in…
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Advisory Opinion 08-032 08-032Did the City of Hibbing comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying a request for a copy of “the complete report on an investigation of possible perjury on the part of Hibbing police officers who testified at…
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Advisory Opinion 08-031 08-031Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 13 and 175A, what is the classification of the following data: the written decisions of the State of Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals?
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Advisory Opinion 08-030 08-030Did the Carver County Sheriff’s Office comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying a request for a copy of a booking photograph of a 16 year-old?
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Advisory Opinion 08-028 08-028Did School District 846, Breckenridge, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for the “audio recording that was recorded at the public [District] board meeting held on September 10, 2007?”
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Advisory Opinion 08-029 08-029Did the University of Minnesota comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a data request for “annual athletically related income reports from head coaches Tubby Smith, Tim Brewster, J. Robinson and Do…
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Advisory Opinion 08-027 08-027Did Independent School District 834, Stillwater, comply with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, in its response to a request for access to public data about certain applicants for employment by the District?
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Advisory Opinion 08-026 08-026Did the City of Palisade comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in regard to a request for data documenting what happened to the $22,000 CD that was cashed in August 2006? Did the City of Palisade comply with Minne…
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Advisory Opinion 08-025 08-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data Independent School District 877, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose, maintains: the addresses and home telephone numbers of individuals …
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Advisory Opinion 08-024 08-024Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the data when they are not collected, created, received, maintained, or disseminated by the City of Buffalo, but are collected and maintained by …
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Advisory Opinion 08-023 08-023Did Independent School District 192, Farmington, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its response to a request for a copy of its Superintendent’s employment contract?
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Advisory Opinion 08-022 08-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data provided to the City of Saint Paul by private electric companies: property addresses for those properties that have gone witho…
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Advisory Opinion 08-021 08-021In a situation where bids are opened and tabulated by designated city personnel prior to the Vadnais Heights City Council deciding to award the contract, what is the classification, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, secti…
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Advisory Opinion 08-020 08-020Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data related to the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority’s (CRA) investigative process: the data described in the CRA’s Adm…
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Advisory Opinion 08-019 08-019If School District 544, Fergus Falls, releases data in two anonymous letters that set forth complaints about X, would X’s rights as a data subject be violated?
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Advisory Opinion 08-018 08-018Are the members of the Drug Formulary Committee subject to the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D? Are the members of the Drug Formulary Committee in compliance with the Open Meeting L…