Rahr Malting Co. v. County of Scott

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Through a petition for a writ of prohibition, Rahr Malting Company (Rahr) asks this court to prohibit the Minnesota Tax Court from holding a public trial in its appeal of a tax valuation of its malting facility. The tax court denied Rahr’s motion to close portions of the trial to the public and to seal portions of the record to protect certain proprietary information. Rahr claims that, if the tax court does not protect the privacy of its proprietary information and the information becomes available to its competitors and customers, the disclosure will have a devastating…