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Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Supreme Court traffic information ruling
Bernard Hibbitts at 1:11 PM ET

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Tuesday that federal highway safety law does not require state and local governments to release information collected about dangerous intersections that might be used against them in lawsuits. Read Pierce County v. Guillen [decision syllabus] - Opinion by Thomas [opinion text]. More on the case from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University [case backgrounder].






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