RIO GRANDE SUN v. JEMEZ MOUNTAINS PUB. SCH.

No. 30,698.

287 P.3d 318 (2012)

2012-NMCA-091

RIO GRANDE SUN and Louis Mattei, individually and as a reporter for the Rio Grande Sun, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEMEZ MOUNTAINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT and Adan Delgado, Superintendent and custodian of public records for the Jemez Mountain Public School District, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, August 2, 2012, No. 33,634.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peifer, Hanson & Mullins, P.A., Charles R. Peifer , Matthew R. Hoyt , Lauren Keefe , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP, Aaron J. Wolf , Y. Jun Roh , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees.


OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} In this case filed under the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12 (1947, as amended through 2011), we review the district court's reduction of Plaintiffs' requested attorney fees from $30,676.50 to $5000. Because the district court did not meaningfully consider the evidence in support of the request for fees and because it did not employ an objective assessment of the amount of...

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