· 2/25/1976
Albert H. Carter v. Ray Hardy, District Clerk of Harris County, Texas
Citations
- 526 F.2d 314
How courts have described this case
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- refusing to order expunction of state record of conviction in absence of allegation that records do not accurately describe historical fact
- “[T]he Court’s privilege to expunge matters of public record is one of exceedingly narrow scope. … Public policy requires here that the retention of records of the arrest and of the subsequent proceedings be left to the discretion of the appropriate authorities.”
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Judges: Thornberry, Morgan, Roney
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