Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Maryland Department of Agriculture, et al., 65 A.3d 708 (Md. Ct. App. 2013)

(plaintiff, environmental activist group, filed request under Public Information Act to obtain nutrient management plan records of particular farm; request denied by state (MD) department of agriculture; state ag department also denied second request for information on all MD confinement poultry operations; plaintiff then sued to obtain names of confinement poultry farm operators, nutrient records and enforcement records from prior three years; court denied request based on confidentiality of information contained in nutrient management plans; all information contained in nutrient management plan confidential indefinitely; plaintiff received free legal help in filing lawsuits against MD poultry operations by Univ. of MD Environmental Law Clinic; plaintiff ordered to pay court costs).