From Delaware Online:
Delaware Chancery Court’s private arbitration process – which was criticized by open government groups as a secret court – has been declared unconstitional by a federal judge.
In a 26-page ruling handed down this afternoon, U.S. District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin in Philadelphia stated that the Chancery Court’s arbitration proceeding – which is presided over by a Chancery Court judge behind closed doors – amounts to an improper secret proceeding.
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This was exactly the argument that the Delaware Coalition for Open Government made when it filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Chancery Court’s “secret” private arbitration process in October, 2011.
Read more about the ruling (PDF)
The Delaware Coalition for Open Government is a member of NFOIC; John D. Flaherty is president of DelCOG. — eds.