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Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 727 F.2d 1195 (D.C. Cir. 1984)

Beck v. Shelton, 593 S.E.2d 195 (Va. 2004)

Del Papa v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys., 956 P.2d 770 (Nev. 1998)

Wood v. Battle Ground School District, 27 P.3d 1208 (Wash.App. 2001)

Government in Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 552b

“Tapping Officials’ Secrets”

Assaf, R. James, “Mr. Smith Comes Home: The Constitutional Presumption of Openness in Local Legislative Meetings,” 40 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 227 (1989-90)

Asplund, Heather and Chidester, Margaret A. “E-Mail, ‘Sunshine,’ and Public Records,” American School Board (July 2000).

Watkins, John J., “Open Meetings Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act,” 38 Ark. L. Rev. 268 (1984)

Wood, Craig. “The Legalities of Board Business Online,” School Administrator (August 2003).




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