The state attorney general has determined that the University of Louisville violated Kentucky’s open records law when it conducted an “inadequate” search for records related to its self-imposed postseason basketball ban.
Here are details from WDRB.com:
At issue is a request made by Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, founder and president of the Kentucky Health Policy Institute. He asked for the records Ramsey had “on hand” at the time of the ban’s announcement, but U of L denied the request and said those records didn’t exist.
Hasselbacher then appealed to the Attorney General’s Office. During that review, U of L acknowledged that the investigator it hired, former NCAA compliance official Chuck Smrt, has the investigative records. Smrt, Beshear’s office said, is an “agent of the University.”
“Thus, the question is whether or not the records in Mr. Smrt’s possession are encompassed by and thus responsive to the request. After careful review, we find that they are,” the Attorney General’s opinion says.
Beshear’s office asked to see those records, but it says U of L refused and should turn over Smrt’s documents that are not exempt under open records laws.
