SAN JUAN AGR. WATER USERS ASS'N v. KNME-TV

No. 32,139.

257 P.3d 884 (2011)

2011-NMSC-011

SAN JUAN AGRICULTURAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, Electors Concerned About Animas Water, and Steve Cone, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. KNME-TV, Board of Education of the Albuquerque Public Schools, Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, John D'Antonio, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and Office of the Governor of New Mexico, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor R. Marshall & Associates, P.C., Victor R. Marshall , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioners.

Long, Pound & Komer, P.A., Mark Travis Baker , Santa Fe, NM, for Respondents.

Peifer, Hanson & Mullins, P.A., Charles R. Peifer , Matthew R. Hoyt , Elizabeth K. Radosevich , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Foundation for Open Government.


OPINION

DANIELS, Chief Justice.

{1} The New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12 (1947, as amended through 2009), provides in Section 14-2-12(A)(2) that a person may bring an enforcement suit if that person's written request to inspect public records has been denied. In this case, we hold that a person may bring suit to enforce a public records request made through an agent, even if the agent...

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