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Transparent GMU v. George Mason University — private-entity and records-custody opinion (2019)
298 Va. 222, 835 S.E.2d 544 (2019). The independent university foundation and its private fundraising records were outside VFOIA on the proved facts. Agency, public-business use and custody required evidence; collaboration alone was insufficient.
- Public body
- Virginia state agencies
- Document date
- December 12, 2019
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Record details
Document details
- Department / subject
- Supreme Court of Virginia
- Public body
- Virginia state agencies
Source notes
Official opinion, Record 181375, pp. 18–25. A private agent is not automatically a public body with a direct response duty. Read with current §§ 2.2-3701 and 2.2-3704(J); the ruling does not exempt all contractors or City-held contracts.
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