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· 3/17/1982

Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Shaver

Citations

  • 630 S.W.2d 927
  • 8 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1314
  • 1982 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 867

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The central idea embodied in the Constitution is simple: Express what one will, understanding one may be called to account for abusing the privilege.”
  • the action of the trial judge in “rising from the bench, retiring to chambers and conducting the remainder of the hearing in private” is the “functional equivalent” of closing the court to the public

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Judges: Clinton, Davis, McCormick

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