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· 7/14/1989

Providence Journal Co. v. Newton

Citations

  • 723 F. Supp. 846
  • 17 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1033
  • 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12854
  • 1989 WL 125992

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  • reviewing a statute which generally required that proceedings before the Rhode Island Ethics Commission be kept confidential unless or until a final decision was rendered by an adjudicative panel following a finding of probable cause and a hearing
  • discussing difference between “prior restraints” and “subsequent punishments”

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Judges: Pettine

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