Legal Opinion
Courthouse News Services v. Dorothy Brown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 2018No. 18-1230PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee Courthouse News Service ("CNS") seeks injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , arguing that the First Amendment requires Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to release newly filed complaints to the press at the moment of receipt by her office-not after processing. Neither the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit nor the Supreme Court of the United States provides the press with this sort of instant access to court filings. Instead, in our court and apparently in the Supreme Court, as well, the clerks' offices…
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