Future of court records on the line

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 18, 1997 ;     208 words ......for online computer access to court records. A court-appointed panel on the electronic dissemination of court records will meet at 10 a.m. in the State...whether remote computer access to court records should be provided by a court...

Md. Panel Considers Preserving Public Access to Court Records

The Washington Post;  January 10, 2002 ;     458 words ......strictly limit public access to Maryland court records would be abolished under recommendations...Members of the Committee on Access to Court Records expect to vote within two weeks on...banned public access to computerized court records and given court clerks the right to...

Dunkirk Man Held in Fatal Accident; Court Records Show Earlier Arrest

The Washington Post;  November 15, 2007 ;     464 words ......according to Calvert County District Court records. Patrick H. Nutter III of Dunkirk was...which showed no alcohol in his blood, court records stated. He was given a test for drug-induc...with his former wife, Lisa Nutter, court records showed. She told Phelps that Nutter...

Panel advises putting court records online.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 23, 2005 ;     425 words ......committee recommended Wednesday that many court records in Florida should be made available...implement and monitor the release of court records online, the Committee on Privacy and Court Records acknowledged there will be many thorny...

ONLINE COURT RECORDS THE ISSUE: TIRED OF WAITING FOR STATEWIDE SYSTEM,...

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  March 27, 2008 ;     570 words ......tracked down their Vanderburgh County court records at the Civic Center knows what a hassle...terminals where they can look up basic court records. Customers have to squeeze in past...Civic Center could be avoided if basic court records were on the Internet - an idea the...

Making the case for court records

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ......what kind of people your relatives were, court records may be the resource you need. Court records contain a wealth of information, but...systems you'll want to search. Civil court records were often filed with the Clerk of Courts...

electronic access to court records

News Media and the Law;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Information contained in court records is of vital public interest. Court records consistently have proven to be a critical source...public, and allowing remote electronic access to court records provides even greater benefits. Public access...

DON'T HIDE COURT RECORDS.(OPINION)(Editorial)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  October 3, 2007 ;     481 words ......ordinary citizens from viewing Wisconsin court records online. Rep. Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin...viewing the state's popular Web site for court records. The site - wcca.wicourts.gov - describes...should be punished and expect their court records to stick with them. If the ...

INDIANA SUPREME COURT CANCELS CONTRACT TO LINK ALL DOCUMENTS ONLINE COURT...

Evansville Courier & Press;  October 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Need to look up court records from your divorce? How about checking into...might log onto your computer and search for court records online? Think again. To view Indiana court records, people still must visit the courthouse. If...

PLACING COURT RECORDS ONLINE: BALANCING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS*

Justice System Journal;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......access and privacy interests involving court records and electronic-access-policy guidelines...guidelines for electronic access to court records that balance judicial accountability...information. However, does placing court records online create new problems for court...

Court records show family, legal problems; Kenney feuded with police and...

Concord Monitor;  May 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a tree onto her home, according to court records. Kenney, 24, of Easton, was shot and...a light sentence. And according to court records, Kenney's "run-ins" were numerous and...hand over her camera, according to court records. Larisa Kenney made it to a relative...

CLOSE COURT RECORDS, OPEN CAN OF WORMS.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  October 18, 2007 ;     446 words ......courthouse whenever they want to check public court records. Yes, public court records. Currently, they're available to state citizens...Government would be gatekeepers of public court records. Schneider's bill tried to sweeten the toxicity...

VANDERBURGH COURT RECORDS MOVE TO THE WEB

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  March 16, 2008 ;     370 words ......have approved a deal that will make court records available to the public on the Internet...lead the effort to make the county's court records available online. Knight said that...has very occasional need to look at court records," Sinex explained. "For tracking the...

Waukesha man suspected in theft ring; Court records say hard drives...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 21, 2008 ;     459 words ......selling them on eBay, according to court records. The man and at least two accomplices...seller known as midwestdigitech1, the court records say. The theft ring has been operating...July and continues to operate, the court records say. The Journal Sentinel is not identifying...

Destroying court records

The Journal Record;  December 9, 1999 ;     436 words ......official guardians of Oklahoma trial court records, we also frequently destroy court records -- and we even do it on purpose. Oklahoma...Even though court clerks must safeguard court records, we are not required to do so indefinitely...