Gould v. Freedom of Information Commission

Summary

This second dissent would have concluded that the arbitration panel pool and individual panels established under the Teacher Negotiation Act are public agencies under the Freedom of Information Act. It also would have held that the evidentiary portion of last-best-offer arbitration hearings is a meeting subject to the Act because presenting evidence is related to, but does not itself constitute, collective-bargaining strategy or negotiations. The dissent therefore would have affirmed the trial court's dismissal of the appeal from the Freedom of Information Commission's decision.