Petitioner alleged that the City of Newark violated FOIA by not responding to his request for records within the required timeframe. DECIDED: Because the City provided a response, the petition is moot.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Department of Education violated FOIA by citing the pending litigation exemption to justify withholding requested emails. DECIDED: The litigation exemption may apply, but DOE has not reviewed the individual emails to determine whether any may not be exempt. By failing to do so and instead broadly denying the entire request, DOE violated FOIA.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that Newark City Council members’ individual private meetings with a consultant constituted a serial quorum in violation of FOIA. DECIDED: Because the meetings did not involve discussion among a quorum of the council, no FOIA violation was found.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Office of Defense Services violated FOIA by withholding requested information on the costs of a defense in current litigation. DECIDED: The wholesale denial of the request violated FOIA.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that Seaford’s Benefits Committee failed to post notice or an agenda for its March 13, 2018 meeting. The City argued that the Committee is not a public body. DECIDED: The failure to notice the meeting or provide an agenda constituted a violation of FOIA, as the Committee qualifies as a public body.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Department of Corrections violated FOIA by redacting the names and positions of employees who have take-home vehicles. Petitioner also challenged DOC’s itemized written cost estimate. DECIDED: The names and positions of employees who have take-home vehicles are a matter of public record because the vehicles may constitute a form of compensation. No FOIA violation found in connection with the itemized written cost estimate.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that Christina School District’s violated FOIA in connection with an itemized written cost estimate. DECIDED: The petition was determined to be moot because the Petitioner subsequently emphasized that his original intent was to request a smaller subset of records than those included in the cost estimate.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the State Bank Commissioner violated FOIA by denying his request for records on the basis that neither he nor the company on whose behalf he requested the records is a citizen of Delaware. DECIDED: No FOIA violation was found, as Delaware’s FOIA does not prohibit a public body from denying a FOIA request on the basis that the requesting party is not a Delaware citizen.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Town of Dewey Beach had violated FOIA by failing to provide an amendment to an insurance policy in response to a FOIA request for the policy. DECIDED: The petition was determined to be moot because the Town provided the requested record after receiving notice of the petition and locating the policy amendment at issue.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Wilmington Police Department failed to provide a response to what petitioner referred to as his FOIA request. The City responded that it had not received the request. DECIDED: No FOIA violation.
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