Cohen v. Everett City Council

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “our constitution mandates an open public trial in a civil case, absent any of the statutory exceptions or compelling rea sons calling for exercise of the court’s inherent power to control its proceedings”
• a trial is an open and public proceeding absent a statutory exception or compelling reason calling for confidentiality
• ‘open courts’ provision held to preclude sealing of transcript of city council’s license revocation proceeding by court that reviewed transcript on appeal
• \open courts\ provision held to preclude sealing of transcript of city council's license revocation proceeding by court that reviewed transcript on appeal
• “open courts” provision held to preclude sealing of transcript of city council’s license revocation proceeding by court that reviewed transcript on appeal
• requiring release of transcripts where newspaper challenged closed proceedings

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