Litigation

Cameras OK?d for Top Arkansas Courts

By Peter Hardin

The Arkansas Supreme Court has cleared the way for cameras in the state’s top courtrooms.

Under an opinion by the court, news media will be allowed to photograph and broadcast oral arguments before the state Supreme Court and state Court of Appeals, with a number of limits set, according to a report by KSPR News.

If a lawyer, witness or party to a case asks to bar proceedings in a case, the court will rule on the request, according to an article by Arkansas News.

A lawyer, witness or party in a case can request that proceedings not be recorded or broadcast, the court said. The court will decide whether to grant the request.

The state’s highest court already had allowed cameras in lower courts.

Full post as published by The Gavel on May 28, 2010 (boomark / email).