Free Market Environmental Law Clinic v. Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General

Filing Date: 2016
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
State Law—Freedom of Information Laws
Description: Action to compel Rhode Island Attorney General's disclosure of climate change-related emails.
  • Free Market Environmental Law Clinic v. Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General
    Docket number(s): n/a
    Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/27/2016 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Groups Sought Climate Emails from Rhode Island Attorney General. Free Market Environmental Law Clinic and Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed an action in Rhode Island Superior Court under the Access to Public Records Act seeking disclosure by the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General of certain emails between a person in the Department and the New York State Attorney General’s office. The plaintiffs also sought the employee’s emails containing the terms RICO, climate denial, climate denier, climate risk, or Gore. The plaintiffs contended that none of the documents they sought were properly exempted from disclosure.