CRUTCHFIELD v. DEPT. OF TAXATION & REVENUE

No. 23,550.

106 P.3d 1273 (2004)

137 N.M. 26

2005-NMCA-022

Joe CRUTCHFIELD, individually, and Crutchfield Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Gasearch Energy Intelligence, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND REVENUE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Gould, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellants.

Peter Breen, Special Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} This appeal raises an issue of the State's duty under public records statutes to provide an electronic database to a commercial user, butting two statutory policies relating to a citizen's access to public records against one another and requiring this Court to wrestle with whether the State can protect its interests by setting conditions and charging a royalty for use of its electronic database.

{2} Appellants Joe Crutchfield...

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