Shadid v. Hammond

EDMONDSON, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part, joined by COLBERT, C.J.

T1 This controversy is about the proper procedure to be used when a news organization invokes the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 51 0.8.2011 §§ 24A.1-24A.29. to gain access to a record that has been sealed and made confidential in a court proceeding where the news organization was not a party.

12 The petitioner, Edward A. Shadid, II, was a party to a divorcee proceeding in the District Court for Oklahoma Court. On June 11, 2007, the assigned judge in the divorce proceeding granted a joint application to seal documents…