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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 373055, member: 2265"] The jurisdiction for the case is in Wake County Superior Court, not US District Court (Greensboro) as it involves interpretation of NC statutes namely, G.S. 115C-402 which defines what student records are and provides confidentiality to those so defined and G.S. 132 Public Records Law . G.S. 115C-402 does not speak to records without names or identifiable attributes attached. The only NC FERPA case is not on point as it involved disciplinary hearings as educational records. However, NC Public Records Law does have language relating to "Personally Identifiable Admissions Information. – Records maintained by The University of North Carolina or any constituent institution", that reads in part: [INDENT=1]"Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the disclosure of public records that do not contain personally identifiable information, including aggregated data, guidelines, instructions, summaries, or reports that do not contain personally identifiable information or from which it is feasible to redact any personally identifiable information that the record contains."[/INDENT] So, it would seem that the media has the better of the argument and the judge and the Appeals Court saw it that way. BTW - The presiding judge is Howard "Howdy" Edward Manning, Jr. who went ot Chapel Hill for his undergraduate degree and the UNC Law School for his law degree. His great-grandfather, John Manning Jr., was one of the founders of Carolina’s School of Law. Judge Manning’s grandfather, Isaac Hall Manning, served as dean of Carolina’s School of Medicine. His great-grandfather, John Manning Jr., was one of the founders of Carolina’s School of Law. Judge Manning’s grandfather, Isaac Hall Manning, served as dean of Carolina’s School of Medicine. While some say he should have recused himself, most don't as he is a widely respected judge. Don't know if he is a football fan. Stay tuned. [/QUOTE]

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