Appellate panel rules in favor of The Advocate in public records suit

From The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA:  A panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge provided no safe haven Friday for the LSU system’s efforts to keep secret records of its search for a new president. That search ended in March with the selection of F. King Alexander, former president of California State University in Long Beach, Calif.

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LSU officials had denied Advocate reporter Koran Addo’s request for records of the system’s search for a new leader and the names of the 35 semifinalists.

After Clark’s decision, LSU went to the 1st Circuit, and the appellate panel’s decision was terse: “Writ denied.”

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