LexisNexis Risk Data Mgmt., Inc. v. N.C. Admin. Office of Courts
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, two private corporations, sought a copy of the Automated Criminal/Infraction System database via the state’s Public Records Act (Act). The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) declined to produce an index of the ACIS database and declined to provide a copy of the ACIS. Plaintiffs filed suit seeking an order requiring production of the requested materials and seeking a declaration that the ACIS database is a public document or public information as defined in the Act. The trial court granted judgment for Defendants on their responsive pleadings and dismissed the case. The court of appeals reversed as to the AOC, concluding that ACIS is a public record subject to disclosure under the Act and that the AOC was the custodian of the ACIS. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) N.C. Gen. Stat. 7A-109(d), addressing “remote electronic access” to court records, is a more specific statute that overrides applicability of the Act in this case; and (2) the legislature intended that remote electronic access to the ACIS be available solely through nonexclusive contracts, as provided in section 7A-109(d). Remanded.
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