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Teenager Wins Email Suit Against City of Kokomo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-to-hold-and-when-to-fold dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently, a 16 year old sued the city of Kokomo, Indiana for access to an email list that he suspected the mayor was mis-using for political purposes. Despite the mayor's refusal to give in, the teenager won the case. The city will have to pay not only for the expensive attorneys they hired, but may have to compensate the 16 year old's pro-bono counsel."

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  1. A better headline... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My suggestion for a better headline: "American discovers balls"

    Now if only the rest of the country could get around to holding their political leaders accountable for their misdeeds.

  2. This sounds kind of weird to me... by hot+soldering+iron · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After reading TFA, is seems to me the whole thing was about who gets to be lazy. The city officials said that he could have the list, but he had to hand copy it himself. He sued to get them to just give him a copy of the list, and compensate his lawyer.

    I can sort of see his point. He was comparing two lists: a city newsletter, and one the mayor was using to build up political support. If he hand copied it, they could alway say he made a mistake or changed it, there would be no tracability. But an actual, official copy couldn't be denied. Now I understand why the mayor didn't want to give it out. It was a case of CYA.

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