Zundel v. City of Jamestown

Summary

The Court exercised original jurisdiction because the retention of and public access to accurate municipal court records present a matter of public interest. It held that the Jamestown Municipal Court had a duty to permanently retain the register of criminal actions and, because the record could not be located, to conduct a diligent search and reasonable reconstruction process. The Court denied declaratory relief because the record contained insufficient evidence to determine the nature or disposition of the 1990 charge.