Read the full opinion in the ESPN-Notre Dame lawsuit filed in the Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Police records bill set to become Indiana law is a win for Notre Dame a loss for the public's right to know

Proposed law is supposed to make college police records more open. But it would apply only to limited cases.

Is proposed law on opening college police records a "sea change?" No, far from it.

The ruling

Police at private universities are public and subject to open-records laws. “There is a danger that the public will be denied access to important public documents when a private agency is exercising a public function.”

The impact?

Very limited. State legislators this month passed a bill that restricts what is subject to open-records law, softening the impact of the court case. Private universities, including ND, helped craft the bill.

The winner?

“In the end, (universities) got what they wanted. (The bill) was disguised as a pro-press measure, but it was anything but.” -- John Twohy, attorney

ND reaction

Ruling “went beyond the law...We will appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court.”