vehicles. This petition was based on the research of Leon Robertson, who served as an expert for the plaintiffs in this case. The NHTSA ultimately rejected the Wirth petition. Nevertheless, plaintiffs sought to introduce the memoran-da, in which NHTSA staff members expressed opinions that support Robertson’s methodology and the plaintiffs’ theory in this case. The district court excluded these memo-randa on hearsay grounds. Smith argues on appeal that these memoranda satisfy Federal Rule of Evidence 803(8), which excepts certain public records from the general rule that hearsay is inadmissible. That rule exempts: Records, reports, statements, or data compilations, in any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth (A) the activities of the office or agency, ... or (C) 1996) (<HOLDING>), cert. denied, .— U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 1425, 137
holding that a notice because it was docketed should be considered a matter of public record recognizing that public utilities affect the public interest in that they render essential public services to a large number of the general public holding the right to record police activity on public property was not clearly established holding that a childabuse report is not a public record and therefore is not subject to public inspection holding that countys registry of applicants for firefighter position was a public record under rule 8038a