State Ex Rel. Thornton v. Williams

In the name of the state of Oregon, Eobert Y. Thornton, the relator, as its Attorney General, brought this proceeding for a writ of mandamus in the circuit court for Marion county. By it he seeks to compel the defendant Liquor Commission 1 of this state to allow him to inspect certain records alleged to have been acquired as the result of an investigation conducted by Eobert F. Maguire and Howard I. Bobbitt, attorneys at law, at the instance, and for the information, of the Commission, concerning alleged charges of violation of the criminal and liquor laws by its officers and employees.

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