Sunday, June 26, 2005

~ this week in court ~

A smattering of bad court decisions.

Private university's crime log will remain secret
A private university in Georgia can continue to hide its police activities from the public after the state's highest court declined to review an intermediate appellate court decision that the open records law does not cover the school's campus
police.

State Supreme Court limits public access to court records
The Minnesota Supreme Court has approved new rules that will restrict the public's ability to access court records online, and reduce the information now available in paper records.