ST. LOUIS • A group of St. Louis police officers was back in court Wednesday fighting a judge’s order that would release records on the 2006 World Series ticket scandal.

The courts have already ruled that the records are open under Missouri’s Sunshine Law. But the officers were given the chance to try to block the department’s release of the records, based on privacy rights. So far, they have lost that effort too.

That’s what brought the issue back to the Missouri Court of Appeals, for yet another round of oral arguments in yet another appeal in a legal battle that has lasted eight years.

The setting this time was different: The three-judge panel held a special session at the Washington University School of Law, to allow students to observe and ask questions. But the arguments were familiar.

At issue are dozens of pages of internal affairs records from the police department’s investigation of officers who let friends and relatives use World Series tickets seized from scalpers. Eight police officers and six supervisors were disciplined. Some, but not all, records have been released through successive court rulings. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-officers-still-want-to-keep-world-series-ticket/article_bdd0c3c9-26f4-53f8-b8c4-9b90963266cc.html