Mathews v. Pyle

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that if disclosure “would be detrimental to the best interests of the state,” records may be kept from the public
• rejecting the governor’s assertion that his decision on what documents were public records was final
• directing trial court to 9 ABRAHAM v. ARIZ. BD. OF REGENTS Opinion of the Court conduct in-camera review of documents in possession of governor’s office to determine whether disclosure required
• directing trial court to 9 ABRAHAM v. ARIZ. BD. OF REGENTS Opinion of the Court conduct in-camera review of documents in possession of governor’s office to determine whether disclosure required
• trial court has duty to review records to determine whether they are confidential or whether disclosure would be detrimental to the interests of the state, and if neither, it should grant mandamus; no mention of ministerial versus discretionary issue
• record required by law is a public record

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).