QUICKLINK Wisconsin · February 3, 2010 · Secret courts
Wisconsin committee passes bill restricting access to court records
Keywords: Electronic access; online data
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A Wisconsin state assembly committee has passed a bill that would restrict public online access to court records, WQOW (Eau Claire) reported.
The proposed bill limits public access to cases where the party was found guilty of a criminal charge, liable in a civil case, evicted, or the subject of a restraining order or junction. Certain interested parties would still be able to access the records.
The vote in committee was 3-3 so committee chairman Rep. Fred Kessler, a former Democratic judge, decided that it would continue to the full Assembly for debate, but was doubtful the bill would have enough support to pass.
— Mara Zimmerman, 6:39 pm
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Comment by What happened to Freedom of the Press?, Mon, Feb 15, 11:30am
Take a look at this. Slowly our right of access is getting taken away ....
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