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Mont. high court refuses to release lawyer records
The Montana Supreme Court last week refused to release the disciplinary records of a former city prosecutor who was fired… -
Mexico experiments with openness in court
From The Dallas Morning News: A Texas-bordering Mexican state where the drug trade subsists on public corruption, and murders this year have topped 700, is trying… -
AP seeks access to Pa. judge's grand jury leak probe
The Associated Press wants a Pennsylvania judge to open up his inquiry into grand jury leaks from a casino owner's perjury case, in… -
Judge unseals Exxon opinion
A federal trial court judge in Washington, D.C. unsealed a previous ruling in a civil lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Oil… -
Okla. newspaper uncovers more than 2,000 court cases sealed
Parts of more than 2,000 court cases in Oklahoma were sealed between 2003 and 2007, including divorce documents, wrongful death settlements… -
Most grand jury testimony from Rosenberg trial to be released
A federal judge in New York decided Tuesday not to release the grand jury testimony of a crucial witness in Ethel Rosenberg's… -
N.D. Supreme Court orders release of juror names in murder trial
A North Dakota district judge wrongly refused to release the names of jurors after they convicted a man of murder last… -
Appeals court refuses to open docket, files in abortion case
A federal appeals court has rejected The Legal Intelligencer 's bid to access the sealed docket and files in a… -
City tries to block release of police misconduct files
Federal appellate judges in Chicago heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether records containing police misconduct and excessive force complaints should… -
Iowa AG allows some access to abuse records
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office asked the Iowa Workforce Department (IWD) last week to release the names of caregivers fired…