Legal Opinion
West Valley View, Inc. v. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided August 16, 2007No. 1 CA-CV 06-0549PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Judge.
¶ 1 The Maricopa County Sheriffs Office routinely distributes press releases by e-mail to many news media in Arizona and elsewhere. Until recently, among those receiving the Sheriffs Office e-mails was a suburban Phoenix weekly newspaper, the West Valley View. The Sheriffs Office removed the West Valley View from its e-mail list because, it said, the paper did not appear to be “using” the news releases in a manner satisfactory to the Sheriff. Objecting to what it felt was an arbitrary and vindictive action, the newspaper submitted a public records request pursuant to Arizona…
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