· 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
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- 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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