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Supreme Court broadens plaintiff access to traffic data.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 473 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Opening previously restricted documents to plaintiffs, the U.S. Supreme Court recently limited the rights of municipalities to withhold routine traffic safety information from the public.

A unanimous Court in Pierce County v. Guillen ruled that 23 U.S.C. [section] 409, which provides federal funds for traffic safety improvements, was not intended to "make plaintiffs worse off than they would have been had [the statute] never existed." (123 S. Ct. 720 (Jan....

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