STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVS. v. Brooke

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• holding that the head of a state administrative agency was protected by executive privilege and could not be forced to appear in court and answer questions about funding of the agency
• holding budgetary decision-making was within agency head’s executive discretion
• \We agree ... that `[d]epartment heads and similar high-ranking officials should not ordinarily be compelled to testify unless it has been established that the testimony to be elicited is necessary and relevant and unavailable from a lesser ranking officer.'\

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