When it was determined that a city erroneously denied a newspaper’s request for a police department’s entire file in a murder case, it was not an abuse of discretion to deny the newspaper’s request for fees and costs, even when a prosecutor had previously disclosed part of the file to a television station, because (1) the city was not required to research whether another agency had previously disclosed part of the file, (2) the part disclosed was a very small part of the records requested, (3) the newspaper did not specify this part of the file, and (4) this part of the file was disclosed before the Attorney General opined that disclosure was required. City of Fort Thomas v. Cincinnati Enquirer, 406 S.W.3d 842, 2013 Ky. LEXIS 375 (Ky. 2013).
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