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From: Martin L. Kahn
Date: 2/21/98
Time: 6:39:55 PM
Remote Name: 38.217.62.132
What case-level information would you want to make available electronically? EVERYTHING. I, FOR ONE, CAN SEE NO COMPELLING REASON WHY CASE INFORMATION SHOULD NOT BE A RIGHT OF THE PUBLIC's RIGHT TO KNOW. TOO MANY TIMES COURT ORDERS HIDE INFORMATION ABOUT A LITIGANT THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO AND SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE IS DECEPTIVE OR WRONGFUL CONDUCT THAT RESULTS IN A "NON ADMISSION OF LIABILITY" SETTLEMENT, WITH AN ORDER THAT SEALS THE CASE OR RESTRICTS DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE TO THE PUBLIC.