Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Barber v. McCotter
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1987No. 16662PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
The Secretary of Corrections (Secretary) appeals from the district court’s Order for Writ of Mandamus. Appellees petitioned for the writ to require the Secretary to disclose the names of five Department employees terminated from the Grants facility. We reverse the district court.
The issue is whether, given the particular facts of this case, it is proper for the Secretary to withhold from the public the names of the terminated employees. Under these circumstances, we hold that it is.
FACTS
In early October of 1985, officials of the Western New Mexico Correctional…
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