in the united states the common law right to "access court records to inspect and to copy" was reaffirmed by the u.s. supreme court in "nixon v warner communications, inc" (1978), where the court found various parts of the right to access court records as inherent to the first, fourth, sixth, and fourteenth amendments. in the united states access to court records is governed by civil rights in the amendments to the united states constitution, not by the freedom of information act.