Commonwealth v. Churchill, R.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the press and public also enjoy a common-law right of access to judicial records
• holding that a seal on audiotapes of President Nixon’s voice was proper where the Presidential Recordings Act provided procedures for public use of the tapes
• holding that the assessment of the common law right of access to information is best left to the discretion of the trial court
• holding that the assessment of the common law right of access to information is best left to the discretion of the trial court
• holding that no First Amendment right existed to publish or copy exhibits displayed in court
• recognizing that, in the context of criminal proceedings, the press has a historically-based, common law right of access to judicial records and documents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).