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STATE EX REL. BARBER v. McCOTTER

No. 16662.

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.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 for the writ to require the Secretary to disclose the names of five Department employees terminated from the Grants facility. We reverse the district court.

The issue is whether, given the particular facts of this case, it is proper for the Secretary to withhold from the public the names of the...

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