Robert Teig v. Vanessa Chavez, Alissa Van Sloten, Patricia G. Kropf, Elizabeth Jacobi, Brad Hart, and Teresa Feldmann

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment in part, holding that attorney-client communications remain protected from disclosure under the Open Records Act and that the Act authorizes reasonable search and retrieval fees. It reversed in part because applications submitted by current city employees were not protected by the statutory exemption for communications from persons outside government, and because the record presented a fact question concerning delay in producing billing records. The court also affirmed the denial of additional discovery and remanded for further proceedings on the delayed billing-record request and available remedies.