Federal court rules non-residents can be denied Virginia state records
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that non-residents have no right to Virginia public records under the state’s freedom of information law. Non-residents were challenging the law claiming it was unconstitutional.
The two non-residents who sued the state were seeking child support documents and real estate tax assessment records. -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, February 1, 2012, by You-Jin Han.
