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STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, SS

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SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. AP-05-026

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SOUTH PORTLAND POLICE PATROLMAN'S ASSOCIATION and POLICE COkIMAND AND SUPERVISORY UNIT, Petitioners VS. CITY OF SOUTH PORTLAND Respondent
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ORDER ON 80B APPEAL

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Before the court is Respondent City of South PoFtland's (the "City") motion for Summary Judgment on an appeal brought by Petitioners South Portland Police Patrolman's Association and the Police Command and Supervisory Unit, (the "Associations") pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 80B. The Associations appeal the City's denial of access to a report (the "Report") produced in March of 2005 by City of South I'ortland Human Resource Director Beth Drennan-Bates. This report is the product of an internal affairs investigation. The Associations claim, on information and belief, that the Report includes matters relating to management practices within the police department as a whole, which are discoverable under Maine's Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.R.S.A. 401 et seq. ("FOAA"). The parties agree that the legal issue in this matter is whether the Report is
a public document accessible under the Freedom of Access Act, 1 k4.R.S.A.

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