Without waiting for someone to make a federal case of it, newly-installed Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers is moving ahead to open the docket sheets and sealing orders in several hundred civil and family cases in which everything except party names and a docket number are sealed.

In the first of six batches, 114 “Level 2″ secret file cases in the Hartford Judicial District were identified on the Judicial Branch web site last week, and notice has been mailed to the parties explaining how they can object, if they want to, to docket sheet and sealing order information becoming public.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]