Wal-Mart seeks to seal documents

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Judge denies Wal-Mart's effort to seal documents

Giant retailer may not block public access to court documents in North Carolina tax evasion case: Report.

A judge rejected Wal-Mart's motion to block the public from seeing court documents in its dispute with the state of North Carolina over possible tax evasion, according to a report Wednesday.

The retailer filed a motion in October to have key future details sealed from public view, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The move came just after the Journal published a report on how Wal-Mart (Charts, Fortune 500) paid its outside auditor, Ernst & Young, to find ways to reduce its state tax liabilities, said the piece.

In the motion, Wal-Mart had claimed that public view of the documents caused "unreasonable and undue annoyance and oppression of a party that is attempting to litigate a serious dispute with a public agency."

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[SoCalDem]

1. Who do they think they are?? The Bush administration?

Are they claiming "executive privilege":rofl:

[mtnester]

2. Apparently yes....since they seem to treat the laws of North Carolina

as if they were kind of like their own signing statements


My first thought was "what effing government do they think they are? Oh wait.."