PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. ELLIS

No. 1 CA-SA 07-0099.

159 P.3d 578 (2007)

PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., an Arizona corporation, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Lindsay ELLIS, Judge Pro Tem of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, Jane Doe, a minor, and The Scottsdale Unified School District, Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

June 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steptoe & Johnson LLP By David J. Bodney, Peter S. Kozinets, Chris Moeser, Phoenix, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Knapp & Roberts PC By Craig A. Knapp, John C. Breslo, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Real Party in Interest Doe.


OPINION

IRVINE, Judge.

¶ 1 Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. ("PNI") petitions this court in a special action challenge to the trial court's order that a notice of claim filed with a school district is not a public record subject to disclosure under Arizona's public records law, Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S.") sections 39-121 to 39-121.03 (2001 and Supp.2006). The Notice of Claim ("Notice") was filed on behalf of a minor, Jane Doe ("Doe"), who was the victim...

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