Baltimore inspector general wins court battle for access to city records

Baltimore City's Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming scored a major victory Friday in her long-standing fight for access to records she says are crucial for her office to do its job effectively.

Judge sides with cumming over city's law department

After months of legal wrangling, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge ruled in Cumming's favor, allowing her to keep her own attorneys in the case and granting her permission to subpoena documents needed for investigations.

In a strongly worded rebuke of the city's law department, Judge Pamela J. White said the agency had