7th Judicial Circuit Court, Morgan County, Illinois Filing Bundling Requirements

Media pooling is encouraged and required when necessary; the media coordinator is solely responsible for arrangements, court personnel will not mediate disputes, and unresolved pooling disputes result in exclusion of the requested coverage.

The media are encouraged to pool equipment and personnel. Where the limitations on equipment and personnel under these provisions make it necessary, the media shall be required to pool equipment and personnel. Pooling arrangements shall be the sole responsibility of the media coordinator. No judicial officer or court personnel shall mediate disputes. Priority consideration shall be extended to one of the two television cameras to televise an entire proceeding from beginning to end. In the absence of agreement or in the event of unresolved disputes relating to pooling arrangements, the kind of extended coverage sought shall be prohibited and excluded from the proceeding.