A Prince William County judge has ordered the University of Virginia to turn over documents related to the climate change research of former professor Michael Mann to a conservative group even though those documents are still being denied to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

The American Tradition Institute and Del. Bob Marshall, R-Prince William, filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking the documents in January. The court order requires the university to produce documents that are not exempt from public disclosure by Aug. 22