The US Supreme Court denied certiorari this morning in Strine v. Delaware Coalition For Open Government, Inc., thereby upholding the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decision declaring the Delaware Business Arbitration Program unconstitutional for failure to make the arbitration proceedings open to the public. You may recall that Delaware had argued the Delaware Business Arbitration program “would effectively end” if the courts mandated public access to the proceedings. It will be interesting...
The certiorari petition in Strine v. Delaware Coalition For Open Government, Inc. (seeking review of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding that confidential Delaware Business Arbitration Program proceedings would be contrary to “a First Amendment right of access to Delaware’s government-sponsored arbitrations”) has been distributed to the Justices of the US Supreme Court for review at their regular conference this coming Friday (March 21, 2014). It is therefore likely...
