Legal Opinion
Faber v. King
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 2013No. 34,204; Docket No. 31,446PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Chief Judge.
This case requires us to determine if damages of $100 per day was a correct and reasonable award in response to the New Mexico Attorney General’s wrongful withholding of documents in violation of the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA). We conclude that the district court erred in awarding damages under NMSA 1978, Section 14-2-12(D) (1993) without stating the nature and purpose of the damage award and in failing to further support by findings, and we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Daniel Faber is an attorney who represented three employees of the Attorney…
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- Faber v. KingNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2013