Oregon Attorney General deliberately withheld documents, judge rules
Published: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 6:50 PM Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:11 PM
Jeff Manning, The Oregonian By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian
A Marion County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Oregon Justice Department deliberately withheld pertinent documents from a state employee embroiled in the 2010 criminal investigation despite the employee's public records request.
The employee was Mark Long, former interim director of the Oregon Energy Department, who last year sued John Kroger and the state alleging they failed to comply with Oregon's Public Records Act.
"This court finds and believes there was a deliberate choice not to produce documents during the time period... at a time when it would have been useful to Mr. Long," Judge Thomas Hart ruled from the bench on Friday.
The judge said he would order the state to pay Long's six-figure legal fees. He also said he would order the state to produce certain additional documents related to the case.
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