Public-records requesters, two limited-liability companies (LLCs) that were potential competitors with a public power district, petitioned for a writ of mandamus to compel the district to fulfill their requests for particular records as to the district’s costs and revenues.
The District Court dismissed petition. Requesters appealed.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that the district was not entitled to withhold the records at issue absent evidence that the information would serve no public purpose.