Incidentally, the California courts have erected enormous barriers to transparency, perhaps inadvertently, by using a collection of differing docketing systems from county to county, and then charging outrageous fees for records.
A scathing letter I sent to the California Judicial Technology Council was successful in lowering Los Angeles County's search fees from $4.75 per 20 results to $1.00 per search back in March. They rarely get any comments at all from the public (because no one knows they exist).
A scathing letter I sent to the California Judicial Technology Council was successful in lowering Los Angeles County's search fees from $4.75 per 20 results to $1.00 per search back in March. They rarely get any comments at all from the public (because no one knows they exist).
See http://www.courts.ca.gov/jctc.htm. And send in comments!