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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 9-945 / 09-0771 Filed December 17, 2009 O.M.J.C. SIGNAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant, and HORIZON SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, William J. Pattinson, Judge.

On interlocutory appeal, Horizon Signal Technologies contends the district court erred in denying its motion for an injunction. AFFIRMED.

Lisa R. Perdue of Grefe & Sideny, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant Horizon Signal Technologies. Robert W. Goodwin of Goodwin Law Office, P.C., Ames, for appellee O.M.J.C. Signal, Inc. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Richard E. Mull, Assistant Attorney General, for Iowa Department of Transportation. Considered by Eisenhauer, P.J., Potterfield, J., and Mahan, S.J.*
*Senior judge assigned by order pursuant to Iowa Code section 602.9206 (2009).

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MAHAN, S.J. On interlocutory appeal, Horizon Signal Technologies (Horizon) contends the district court erred in denying their request to enjoin the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) from releasing to O.M.J.C. Signal, Inc. (O.M.J.C.) redacted test results regarding an electronic traffic signal it manufactures. It claims the report is a confidential public record under Iowa Code chapter 22 (2007). We review this claim de novo. Iowa R. App. P. 6.907 (2009). O.M.J.C. and Horizon are competing manufacturers of temporary traffic signals. O.M.J.C. filed a petition for declaratory judgment asking the court to determine whether the IDOT was requiring Horizon to comply with federal regulations regarding the temporary traffic signals it provides the IDOT. As part of its discovery, O.M.J.C. sought copies of all reports of tests conducted on Horizon's products by MET Laboratories.1 Horizon filed a motion to enjoin the production of the documents. In its ruling, the district court determined the test report generated by MET Laboratories is not a confidential record pursuant to section 22.7 and ordered Horizon to provide a copy of the redacted report to O.M.J.C. It is from this ruling Horizon appeals. Generally, every person has the right to examine and copy the records of, or belonging to, the State.2 Iowa Code

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