Osborn v. Grant County

— The Grant County Board of Commissioners appeals from a Court of Appeals decision affirming *618a superior court’s grant of declaratory relief to Dedra Osborn, a former Grant County Clerk. The Court of Appeals upheld the appointment of a private law firm as a special prosecutor for Osborn, and the court found that the Grant County Board of Commissioners had improperly interfered with the clerk’s absolute right to choose employees for the clerk’s office. We affirm the declaratory relief, but we reverse the appointment of a special prosecutor.

On July 7, 1993, Dedra Osborn, the elected Grant County…