LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The state wants the Nebraska Supreme Court to let the Nebraska Judicial Branch keep confidential the documents that state judges get in training sessions.
A Lincoln man requested the records in May but was told by the state court administrator the records aren't available under the state public records law. He sued for their release and won, but the judge delayed imposition of her ruling pending state appeal.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that in a hearing before the high court Wednesday, Assistant Nebraska Attorney General David Lopez argued that the court has inherent authority to govern the disclosure of judicial branch education records.
He conceded under questioning that the state Supreme Court has no rule on such confidentiality.
The court will rule on the matter later.
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