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    Court Records

    Accessing criminal court records

    […] or the court on its own motion may move, to unseal a record."  Rule 2.551(h)(2). In deciding whether or not to unseal a record, the court " must consider the matters addressed in rule 2.550(c)-(e)," which include the requirement that a record may only be sealed if the court makes express findings that establish: […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Accessing bids for public contracts

    […] theory that this would reveal too much of the deliberative process.  Neither the policies supporting nor the cases interpreting this "deliberative process" exemption to the Public Records Act would seem to apply to public bids that were previously available to any member of the public at the time they were read. We cannot tell […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Public employee salaries

    […] and Teamsters Local 856 v. Priceless, LLC which seemed to indicate that release of salaries connected with the names of employees is prohibited. How about requests for actual salaries by position and not connected with names. Is a public agency bound by CPRA to release such information? Is the $100,000 and above salary limit […]

    June 14, 2009

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    A searchable database of responses from FAC’s lawyers to previous Legal Hotline questions posed by users like you about their rights under open government laws and the First Amendment. The information you are looking for may be here, but if it is not, please feel free to submit a request to our Legal Hotline.

    July 3, 2024

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    Newsgathering

    Can newspaper publish captured police-scanner audio of gunfight?

    […] private -- was deemed to be an illegal wiretap. McDermott v. Boehner. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    May 7, 2013

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Is Use of Twitter Logo in Political Parody Artwork Protected by the First Amendment?

    […] forward. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    June 21, 2018

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    First Amendment

    Was Honking My Horn at a Police Officer Protected by the First Amendment?

    […] challenge. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    June 18, 2018

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    Court Records

    Struggling To Access Court Records in Sacramento Divorce Proceedings

    […] County:http://www.sacbar.org/pro-bono.html Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 3, 2020

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports

    […] the conference, the California Supreme Court has held that the police do not have to provide copies of the actual reports themselves, but that, under section 6254(f), must provide all the information listed in that section in the case of incidents or arrests.  Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993). And the […]

    June 14, 2009