Katz v. Katz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “divorce hearings are the type of proceedings which courts may close to protect the rights of the parties”
• recognizing that “no legitimate purpose can be served by broadcasting the intimate details of a soured marital relationship,” however, good cause must be shown before a proceeding can be closed
• a final order is one which either ends the litigation or disposes of the entire case
• common law rule which confers public right of access to judicial proceedings is not absolute
• “[T]he details of divorce involve matters which are essentially private in nature and . . . lack any useful, public purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ex Parte Balogun
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-10-02· cited 64×
• Hutchison by Hutchison v. Luddy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-02· cited 45×
• In re N.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-07· cited 38×
• Copeland v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2007-10-16· cited 32×
• Bollinger v. OBRECHT
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-11· cited 30×
• Stenger v. Lehigh Valley Hospital Center
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-01· cited 30×
• Storms Ex Rel. Storms v. O'MALLEY
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-06-20· cited 28×
• Hanson v. Federal Signal Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-06-13· cited 26×
• Kronz v. Kronz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-16· cited 25×
• Johanson v. Eighth Judicial District Court
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-05-01· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Sartin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-02-26· cited 23×
• Hutchison v. Luddy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-27· cited 21×
• R.W. v. Hampe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-18· cited 20×
• Fidelity Bank v. Duden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-06· cited 20×
• In the Interest of M.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-26· cited 19×
• Swift v. Milner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-02-12· cited 19×
• In Re Tameka M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-30· cited 18×
• In the Interest of J.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-22· cited 17×
• Robec, Inc. v. Poul
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-13· cited 16×
• Savage v. Savage
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-04· cited 16×

Cites

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

• Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-20· cited 10,863×
• Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-18· cited 4,546×
• Griswold v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,329×
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1980-07-02· cited 1,951×
• Estes v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 1,725×
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-23· cited 1,561×
• Publicker Industries, Inc. v. Cohen
  Third Circuit· 1984-04-30· cited 435×
• Pugar v. Greco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 308×
• Bell v. Beneficial Consumer Discount Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 288×
• English v. McCrary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-07-13· cited 247×
• United States v. Criden
  Third Circuit· 1981-04-20· cited 246×
• Fried v. Fried
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-20· cited 240×
• Praisner v. Stocker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22· cited 142×
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1981-12-10· cited 134×
• In Re Application of National Broadcasting Company, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and Cbs, Inc
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-04-27· cited 124×
• Request of William H. Caswell
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1893-12-20· cited 86×
• Wolk v. Wolk
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-26· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Hayes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-01· cited 64×
• State Ex Rel. Gore Newspapers Company v. Tyson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-05-16· cited 39×
• C. v. C.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1974-04-19· cited 36×