State Ex Rel. Newsome v. Alarid

OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

Newsome, a student newspaper reporter at the University of New Mexico, applied for an alternative writ of mandamus against Alarid, personnel director of the university, seeking to gain access to the information contained in all non-academic staff personnel records, except that which is exempt from disclosure under the terms of § 71-5-1, N.M.S.A.1953 (Supp.1975). However, the alternative writ and the order to show cause that were issued spoke in terms of divulging “all personnel records” without reference to statutory exemptions. The trial court at the show-cause hearing…