Time: Sun Mar 16 13:29:10 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA04636; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 13:06:37 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 13:28:09 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Public Access to Judicial Records (fwd) >Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 15:01:55 -0500 >To: pmitch@primenet.com >From: cpetras@stratos.net (Charles Petras) >Subject: Public Access to Judicial Records... > >I was at law library today, and was glancing through a law review, when I >seen mention of > > Valley Broadcasting Co. v. U.S. District Court > 798 F.2d 1289 (9th Cir. 1986) > >Which apparently said that there is a strong presumption in favor of public >access to judicial records and documents. > >Hope you find it interesting! > >Later... > > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >A statement made by Pastor Martin Niemoller at the time of his arrest by >the Nazi Gestapo in the late 1930s: > > ``In Germany, they came for the communists, and I didn't speak up > because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and > I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then, they came for > the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a > trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't > speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and > by that time, there was no one left to speak up.'' > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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