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Washington Sealed Cases

March 8th, 2006  |  Published in Public Records, State Data

Ken Armstrong, Justin Mayo and Steve Miletich of the Seattle Times have the first in a series of reports on sealed court cases in Washington State. “Since 1990, at least 420 civil suits have been sealed in their entirety. That means everything - from the complaint, which says who’s accused of what, to the judgment, which says how the case wound up - has been concealed, locked behind electronic passwords or number-coded keypads that restrict access to computer records and shelved files.” The paper has pledged to get the case files unsealed, and published this note on methodology.

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