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Nota Bene
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Ethics Extra
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and respect for our legal system.’” In
acknowledging that “there is a parallel right
of access to court records embodied in the
[F]irst [A]mendment,” the court found
that the First Amendment presumes it to
be the public’s right to access and inspect
court records.
Even if a court grants a motion to seal
a court record, the parties may later be
required to show cause to keep the file
sealed. In Linn v. Department of Revenue,
the Fourth District Appellate Court ini-
tially granted the appellant’s motion for
leave to file his briefs under seal. 2013 IL
App (4th) 121055. However, 10 months
later, the court issued a show cause ruling
requiring the appellant to demonstrate why
the order sealing the briefs should remain
in effect. The court vacated the order when
the appellant failed to justify the continu-
ance of the order.
Similarly, in Khan, even though the
appellate court originally granted the
motion to seal the briefs, the court later
issued a rule to show cause against both
parties to justify the continuance of the
order. Justice Steigmann found it was
unsurprising that neither party’s response
attempted to justify continuing the order
because neither party ever possessed a “col-
orable basis” to justify “the extraordinary
step” of sealing the court file.
Justice Steigmann reprimanded the
attorneys for their disservice to the trial and
appellate courts for even requesting that the
court file be sealed. He underscored that
the attorneys should have known better,
and that sealing an entire court file “can
never be appropriate.”
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