Stephens v. Van Arsdale

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that court records are generally open public records
• statutory denial of access to criminal court records not unconstitutional where convictions are ordered \expunged\
• statutory denial of access to criminal court records not unconstitutional where convictions are ordered “expunged”
• “On occasion, this court, when confronted with significant issues of statewide concern, has broadened the availability of mandamus in order to expeditiously resolve the is sues.”
• speedy adjudication warranted in mandamus proceeding to resolve questions of law for guidance of state officers
• \Mandamus will not lie to compel a public officer to perform an unauthorized act.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-22· cited 2,142×
• United States v. Hubbard
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-07-24· cited 350×
• State Ex Rel. Morrison v. Sebelius
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-03-11· cited 165×
• Szoboszlay v. Glessner
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-06-10· cited 91×
• State v. Bodine
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-05-07· cited 71×
• Hyde v. City of Columbia
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-06-15· cited 68×
• State v. C. A.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1981-04-17· cited 55×
• City of Lenexa v. City of Olathe
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-03-26· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Harder
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-02-17· cited 40×
• Farmers Co-Operative v. Kansas Board of Tax Appeals
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1985-01-26· cited 34×
• Board of Johnson County Comm'rs v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-02-24· cited 30×
• Skahan v. Powell
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1982-11-24· cited 29×
• Kansas Bar Ass'n v. Judges of the Third Judicial District
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-12-15· cited 28×
• State Ex Rel. Owens v. Hodge
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-02-27· cited 25×
• GD v. Kenny
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2009-12-21· cited 25×
• State v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1987-10-08· cited 22×
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. Commission
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-04-29· cited 18×
• Bank of Kansas v. Hutchinson Health Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1990-01-19· cited 13×
• Kansas City Star Co. v. Fossey
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1981-07-17· cited 13×
• Redding v. Jacobsen
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-10-16· cited 11×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-18· cited 4,546×
• Sheppard v. Maxwell
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 2,653×
• Pell v. Procunier
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-24· cited 2,527×
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 1,758×
• Estes v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 1,725×
• United States v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 1954-02-08· cited 1,436×
• Saxbe v. Washington Post Co.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-24· cited 270×
• Leek v. Theis
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1975-07-17· cited 109×
• Mobil Oil Corporation v. McHenry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1968-01-10· cited 73×
• Octavio Mestre Morera v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
  First Circuit· 1972-05-19· cited 66×
• Earl Welch v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1966-11-21· cited 65×
• Thomas v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1965-10-13· cited 65×
• State Ex Rel. Schneider v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1978-12-05· cited 37×
• Harris v. Shanahan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1964-03-30· cited 32×
• State ex rel. Smith v. Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1931-02-07· cited 26×
• Aetna Insurance v. Hobbs
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1945-09-15· cited 19×
• State v. Stauffer Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1979-03-31· cited 18×
• Vaughan v. Hornaman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1965-07-10· cited 17×
• Armstrong v. City of Salina
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1973-03-03· cited 14×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-04-06· cited 14×