Gazette Printing Co. v. Carden

The HONORABLE BERNARD W. THOMAS, District Judge, sitting for MR. JUSTICE HASWELL,

delivered the Opinion of the Conrt.

Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Industrial Accident Board and its members (now the Workmen’s Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industry) to permit the inspection of those of its records which are open for inspection under the statutes of this state. Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff’s petition.

In their petition…