· 11/28/1977
Knight v. Handwriting Exemplars
Citations
- 434 U.S. 972
- 98 S. Ct. 524
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that Hamer rejected the rule that “all timeliness issues in notices of appeal are jurisdictional”
- articulating that the common law right applies when “a party [is] seeking to seal a judicial record” (cleaned up)
- recognizing 12 constitutional violation where social workers allegedly removed children from home without court 13 order or “reasonable cause to believe the children were at risk of serious bodily harm or 14 molestation”
- explaining circumstances in which officials may constitutionally remove children from their parents temporarily without prior judicial authorization
- sealing not warranted for summary judgment order in case involving social workers’ intervention on child sexual abuse allegations, where order was already redacted to remove identifying information children
- finding district court properly sealed documents in compliance with Arizona 23 state law
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