1.   But they said that the sealed records suggested that Rogers had been acquitted or that the charges had been dropped.

2.   In fact, if Gina Grant had killed her mother in Massachusetts, then Harvard officials seeking information about her sealed record would be told she had no record.

3.   In February, another Massachusetts judge ordered sealed records in five settled lawsuits against priests made public.

4.   Returning to court Friday, prosecutors said they had not yet received permission from a New York judge to obtain the sealed records.

5.   Sealed records have been around for many decades, but they are far more important now that databases of criminal records are accessible on a home computer.

6.   The allegations of the cover-up are contained in a motion filed by the plaintiffs that includes a summary of sealed records in the case.

7.   Within adoption circles, the issue of opening previously sealed records is white-hot.

8.   But Giuliani acknowledged that the law does not explicitly authorize the post-mortem release of sealed records.

9.   District Court Judge Patricia Zimmerman denied a motion by The Associated Press and other news organizations asking that sealed records in the case be opened.

10.   Green cited previous legal cases in which sealed records of deceased individuals were sought but could not be opened without court order.