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Woman's Kid quest fuels New Mexico records battle
Dr. Gale Cooper, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist turned Bonney revisionist historian, pursued Billy the Kid lore and opened a public records fight against Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Her decade long case culmined in court rulings on punitive damages and public records access, shaping open government in New Mexico.
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Santa FE
Gale Cooper
Barnes & Noble
California
Billy the Kid
Beverly Hills
Cooper
Billy, the Kid
Lincoln County
Pat Garrett
New Mexico
William Bonney
Bill Richardson
Garrett
Bonney
New Mexico Supreme Court
William J. Brady
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Fort Sumner
Enthu
Paulita Maxwell
Billy
Guadalupe Mountains
Sandia Park
Albuquerque
Richardson
Roberts Offico, Texas
Silver City
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Arizona
Henry Lee
O.J. Simpson
JonBenét Ramsey
New York Times
New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act
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Steve Sederwall
Tom Sullivan
Sheriffs Office
Sederwall
de Baca
Sullivan and Sederwall
Land of Enchantment
George P. Eichwald
Eichwald
Sheriff's Office
Nal
New Mexico Court of Appeals
The
New Mexico Foundation For Open Government
Boe
Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Luis Sanchez Saturno
New Mexican
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