SCOV Law Blog: Public records on private emails

Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Elizabeth Kruska. 
Toensing v. The Attorney General of Vermont, 2017 VT 99
Creative Commons photo by walknboston via FlickrThis decision seems like a big deal, but when you boil it down, it actually seems a lot more like common sense. I will sum up: Sometimes state officials use their personal email accounts to send “work email” and if they do, sometimes those documents are public records. If those documents are public