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· 3/9/1984

In Re Globe Newspaper Company

Citations

  • 729 F.2d 47
  • 10 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1433
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24631

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 trial court properly closed the portions of a bail hearing that included electronic surveillance materials not yet determined to have been legally obtained
  • holding that fruits of an electronic surveillance should not be publicly disseminated until the defendant has had the opportunity to challenge the legality of the Title III surveillance
  • stating that both Title III and the Fourth Amendment forbid the use or public dissemination of the fruits of unlawfully obtained Title III material
  • recognizing right but holding that defendant’s right to a fair trial and privacy outweighed the public’s right of access
  • requiring a trial court that rejects alternatives to sealing to make specific findings to facilitate appellate review
  • affirming closure of proceedings and sealing of documents involving possibly inadmissible electronic surveillance evidence

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Judges: Coffin, Bownes, Breyer

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