First Amendment Victory in the Louisiana Supreme Court

In an amicus brief before the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Law Office of William Most represented the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment, and Professor Eugene Volokh. The brief was filed in Donald Logan v. State of Louisiana, a case brought by an inmate who had been denied access to the records that would show whether he was convicted by means of an unconstitutional non-unanimous jury verdict.

Our clients argued pointed out that the “public has a common-law and First Amendment right to inspect and copy judicial records” and argued that the “search for truth in [Mr. Logan’s case] would be advanced by the right of access to court records here.”

Today, the Louisiana Supreme Court agreed, ordering that Mr. Logan be granted access to his court records. It is an important First Amendment victory, and one we are proud to have helped with.

Read the Court’s opinion here: https://www.lasc.org/Opinions/2020/19-1911.KH.PC.pdf