State Ex Rel. Barber v. McCotter

738 P.2d 119 (1987)

738 N.M. 1

STATE, ex rel. Rebecca G. BARBER, The Grants Publishing Company, Inc., and The New Mexico Press Association, Petitioners-Appellees,

v.

O.L. McCOTTER, Secretary of the New Mexico Corrections Department, Respondent-Appellant.

No. 16662.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 29, 1987.

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., G.T.S. Khalsa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent-appellant.

Hal Simmons, Albuquerque, for petitioners-appellees.

OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

The Secretary of Corrections (Secretary) appeals from the district court's Order for Writ of Mandamus. Appellees petitioned…