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Court rules against counties on public access
02.24.2011
Published by The Sun Journal
A Cumberland businessman has won a Superior Court case against six Maine counties for violation of the state's public access law and for overcharging fees for copies of public records.
The court's ruling sets a new standard for what Maine government can charge for copies of public records.
John Simpson, who owns MacImage of Maine, sought to obtain digital copies of the records stored in registries in six Maine counties — Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Knox, Penobscot and York — to create his own document database.
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