Carnegie v. Tedder

PARKER, Chief Judge.

Roxanne Carnegie, who is the defendant and eounterelaimant in this civil action, files a petition for writ of certiorari challenging the trial court’s order granting the plaintiffs, Jeffrey Lee Tedder’s, motion to close the trial court file from inspection except to the attorneys of record, the trial court, and the members of the clerk’s office. We grant the petition and quash that order.

In December 1996, Tedder filed a complaint against Carnegie alleging malicious prosecution and extortion. Carnegie answered the complaint and filed a counterclaim against Tedder alleging…