SME requests stay on release of Highwood Generating Station documents
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 10:42 AM
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 11:02 AM
Documents relating to the Highwood Generating Station could stay under lock and key after all, despite a ruling on Tuesday from a district judge that boxes of documents must be released to the public.
On Wednesday, Southern Montana Electric and the city of Great Falls appealed the decision.
The motion says that a stay or injunction is necessary to "preserve Southern Montana's rights to protect its documents, based on claims of trade secret."
The court ruling on Tuesday recognized trade secrets in a select number of documents, and the judge says those do not have to be released.
Other claims of attorney-client privilege and confidentiality were deemed invalid.
The fight over the documents has lasted three years.
NOTE: the original posting of this story contained an inaccurate headline indicating that the stay had been approved. The stay has not been approved, and we apologize for the error.
