Legal Opinion
Griffis v. Pinal County
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 25, 2007No. CV-06-0312-PRPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McGREGOR, Chief Justice.
¶ 1 We granted review to consider whether purely personal e-mails generated or maintained on a government e-mail system are, as a matter of law, public records under Arizona’s public records law, Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) sections 39-121 to 39-121.03 (2001 & Supp.2006). 1 We hold that such e-mails do not necessarily qualify as public records. We further hold that when a government entity withholds documents generated or maintained on a government-owned computer system on the grounds that the documents are personal, the requesting party may ask the trial…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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