Commonwealth v. Silva

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that Massachusetts right of public access to judicial documents is governed by overlapping constitutional, statutory, and common-law rules
• observing that common-law right of access to judicial records is not absolute and ‘ ‘must yield to a trial judge’s decision to impound records for ‘good cause’ ”
• clarifying procedure for nonparties to obtain appellate review of impoundment orders in ongoing criminal case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Globe Newspaper Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-13· cited 16×
• New England Internet Café, LLC v. Clerk of the Superior Court for Criminal Business
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-04-25· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. George W. Prescott Publishing Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-08-23· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Winfield
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-18· cited 11×
• McDonough
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-08-11· cited 9×
• Howard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-12-27· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Fujita
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-27· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Gadson
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2010-08-17
• New England Internet Café, LLC v. Clerk of Suffolk County Superior Court for Criminal Business
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-06-23
• Commonwealth v. Winter
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2012-12-24

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 1,807×
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,326×
• In Re Globe Newspaper Company, United States of America v. Edmund M. Hurley, Appeal of Globe Newspaper Company
  First Circuit· 1990-11-28· cited 84×
• Boston Herald, Inc. v. Sharpe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-11-08· cited 67×
• State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. Bond
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-12-24· cited 66×
• Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-11· cited 56×
• Newsday, Inc. v. Sise
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-12-23· cited 52×
• Secretary of Administration & Finance v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-03-20· cited 47×
• Republican Co. v. Appeals Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-07-27· cited 40×
• Gannett Co., Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-02-22· cited 38×
• United States v. Doherty
  D. Massachusetts· 1987-06-02· cited 35×
• Newspapers of New England, Inc. v. Clerk-Magistrate of Ware Division of District Court Department
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-22· cited 34×
• Boston Herald, Inc. v. Superior Court Department of the Trial Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-12-12· cited 31×
• H.S. Gere & Sons, Inc. v. Frey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-06-25· cited 28×
• In Re the Baltimore Sun Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-02-19· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Acen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-06· cited 24×
• In Re Juror Names
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1999-04-21· cited 13×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-10· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-31· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-09-21· cited 2×