Tennessee Supreme Court· 6/10/1996

Ballard v. Herzke

Citations

924 S.W.2d 652
1996 Tenn. LEXIS 378

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holding that the Public Records Act does not mandate disclosure of documents sealed by a protective order entered pursuant to the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure
holding that the trial court must give due consideration to the applicable law and facts
holding that media entities “should be allowed to intervene to seek modification of protective orders to obtain access to judicial proceedings or records” and that discovery responses filed with the clerk of the court are “public records”
declaring that “the question of intervention -6- is collateral to, and does not have any bearing on, the primary issue—modification of the protective order”
declaring that “it is beyond dispute that there exists in this country a general right to inspect and copy public records and documents”
noting that the protective order addressed in that case was strictly meant to “facilitate discovery”

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Judges: Anderson, Drowota, Reid, White, Birch

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