The ePaństwo Foundation requested the President of the Supreme Court to disclose information on agreements entered between the Supreme Court and the commercial publishers of case-law of the Supreme Court. First, the President refused to initiate proceedings in this case. The Foundation filed a complaint against such order. The Voivodeship Administrative Court in its judgment of 10 January 2012 case file II SA/Wa 2259/11 repealed it, and the President filed a cassation complaint that was dismissed by the Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 11 September 2012 case file I OSK 916/12. The First President of the Supreme Court in its letter of 6 December 2012 informed the Foundation that the requested information is not public. The Foundation filed a complaint against the inactivity of the President. The Voivodeship Administrative Court in its judgment of 19 February 2014 case file II SAB/Wa 443/13 obliged the President to consider the request. The President filed a cassation comaplaint.

The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 30 September 2015 case file I OSK 2093/14 dismissed it and ruled that the First President of the Polish Supreme Court has to disclose the requested information. In the meantime, someone else has obtained all the requested agreements and made their copies available online.

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