Political Subdivisions Need Only Be Reasonable, Not Herculean, in Their Attempts to Locate Records to Be Produced in Response to Public Records Request

A relator filed a mandamus action to compel the City of Sheffield to produce documents in response to a public records request. Despite utilizing an outside IT vendor, the City was unable to locate any images of the documents on a desktop computer where the images allegedly originated. The relator argued that the City wrongly only searched one computer and did not search all electronic devices, including printers, where the images may have been located….
By: Marshall Dennehey