ARIZONA NEWSPAPERS ASS'N. v. Superior Court

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice.

On January 23, 1984, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution discontinuing newspaper publication of the full minutes of its proceedings. Petitioners, Arizona Newspapers Association, Inc., Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. and News Sun, Inc., challenged the Supervisors’ action in superior court as violative of A.R.S. § 11— 217 governing “publication” of county proceedings and the open meeting law provisions of A.R.S. § 38-431 et seq. The superior court upheld the decision of the Board, and this petition for special action challenges the superior court…