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Scant information on Supreme Court Web site

donal brown August 11, 2009

The Supreme Court’s Web site does not offer much information including oral arguments and briefs, merit briefs and petitions. -DB NextGov August 7, 2009 By Aliya Sternstein The public had ample opportunity to parse the words of Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Senate Web sites before she was confirmed on Thursday, but when she begins hearing cases from the nation’s top bench in September, the Supreme Court Web site will not provide the same level of accessibility.

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Stanislaus retirement board denies requests for pension amounts

donal brown August 11, 2009

The Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association has denied a request under the California Public Records Act for the names of retirees with annual pensions over $100,000. -DB The Modesto Bee August 10, 2009 By Ken Carlson The Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association has refused to release records about public service employees receiving the most lucrative pensions. The retirement board, in a July 31 letter, denied The Bee’s Freedom of Information Act request for the names of

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Riverside: Avocacy group for day laborers sues for police records

donal brown August 11, 2009

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network sued the Riverside Police Department to secure complete arrest records for undocumented immigrants. -DB The Press-Enterprise August 4, 2009 By Sonja Bjelland PDF: Writ of mandate filed by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network A day laborer group has sued the Riverside Police Department for records about the agency’s arrests of undocumented immigrants. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network first requested the documents in May and did not receive all

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Imperial Beach: Deputy D.A. says no criminal intent to violate Brown Act

donal brown August 11, 2009

The San Diego County district attorney’s office says that the Imperial Beach City Council committed a civil violation of the Brown Act in failing to list on the agenda an appointment to a vacant seat on the council, but that failure was not criminal. –DB San Diego Weekly Reader August 11, 2009 By Dorian Hargrove According to the San Diego County district attorney’s office, the Imperial Beach City Council’s appointment of former mayor Diane Rose to

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Court denies access to wiretaps of ex-Governor Spitzer

donal brown August 11, 2009

A federal appeals court ruled that prosecutors may withhold records of wiretaps about the beginnings of the investigation into a prostitution ring that resulted in the resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. -DB The New York Times August 8, 2009 By Benjamin Weiser Prosecutors do not have to release secret court records relating to wiretaps that might have offered more details about how the investigation of the prostitution ring that ensnared former Gov. Eliot Spitzer

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