MEDIA OUTLETS SUE MAINE COURTS DEMANDING SAME DAY ACCESS TO THE FIRST PARTY’S FILING IN CIVIL CASES – Center for Transparency & Privacy (AND Security)

The Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sun Journal joined Courthouse News Service and others in suing the Maine court system, claiming that the delay to allow service of complaints on one party to the each lawsuit prior to publication violates the first amendment. Because the article went to print before the defendants were served there is no information about the reason for the court’s policy.