[Opinion] "The Work of Our Courts Is Public Business, but Not All of That Business Should Be Made Public"

"The Work of Our Courts Is Public Business, but Not All of That Business Should Be Made Public"

From In re Marriage of Patel & Yendru, decided Friday by the Kansas Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Justice Stephen Hill, joined by Justice Kathryn Gardner and District Judge Joan Lowdon: The work of our courts is public business, but not all of that business should be made public. There are reasonable limits to the public disclosures of some court records. Trade secrets, military secrets, and facts that their revelation would serve no other …