Nero v. Hyland

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that character investigations ordered by governor in contemplation of nomination were not Right-to-Know documents because not-required to be made, maintained, or kept
• recognizing that the purpose of RTKL is “the salutary one of promoting a free flow of information in order to ensure an informed citizenry”
• character investigation of prospective lottery official not \mandated by law\; report of such investigation therefore not public record under RKL
• qualified “executive privilege” accorded to communications pertaining to governor’s executive function, in this case, a character investigation of prospective gubernatorial appointee
• “The elements essential to constitute a public record are ... that it be a written memorial, that it be made by a public officer, and that the officer be authorized by law to make it.”
• report of character investigation of prospective State appointee, prepared by State police for Governor and Attorney General; State ex rel. Attorney Gen. v. First Judicial Dist. Court, 96 N.M. 254 (1981) (investigatory report on prison riot, prepared by State Attorney General

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).