A.C.L.U. v. ARIZONA DEPT. OF CHILD SAFETY

No. 1 CA-CV 14-0781.

377 P.3d 339 (2016)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of Arizona, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

FILED June 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, Phoenix, By Keith Beauchamp , Roopali H. Desai , Shelley Tolman , Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Arizona Attorney General's Office, Tucson, By Dawn R. Williams , Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Sitren Legal, Phoenix, By Carrie Ann Donnell , Counsel for Amici Curiae Goldwater Institute & Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest.

Judge Patricia K. Norris delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Jon W. Thompson and Judge Maurice Portley joined.


OPINION

¶ 1 This appeal arises out of three requests for public records submitted by plaintiff/appellant, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona ("ACLU"), to defendant/appellee, the Arizona Department of Child Safety ("DCS"), and its predecessor agency. We hold that when, as here, a state agency maintains public...

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