Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Van Arsdale
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 5, 1980No. 51,405PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Prager, J.:
This is an original proceeding in mandamus against Dorothy I. Van Arsdale in her official capacity as Clerk of the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas, which arose from her denial to plaintiffs of access to certain court files of criminal proceedings. Access to the court files was denied on the ground that K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 22-4712 and K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 21-4619 prohibited their disclosure to these plaintiffs. In this action, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of those statutes.
The parties have stipulated to the facts as follows:
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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- Leek v. TheisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1975
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3Cited by48 opinions
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