Court proceedings take the first slot in the evening newscast on any given night lately. But a hardcore group of court clerks still keep new cases secret when they first cross into court.
The Allegheny Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh had in the old days given news reporters a look at the new cases as they came across the counter. That was when court pleadings were paper documents filed across the clerk’s physical counter.
When the path for filing a new complaint changed from the counter to a website on the internet, some clerks shut down the old system where journalists could see the new complaints right away. In effect, the clerks sealed the new complaints when they came across the virtual counter.
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