Society of Professional Journalists v. Secretary of Labor

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that transcripts of hearings cannot substitute for openness and enjoining administrative agency from holding closed hearings
• finding that transcripts of hearings cannot substitute for openness and enjoining administrative agency from holding closed hearings
• finding right of access to Mine Safety and Health Administration investigative hearing
• a right of access to administrative hearings is more a procedural right than a substantive right
• a right of access to administrative hearings is more a procedural right than a substantive right
• “There is ... no common-law right to attend meetings of government bodies. Indeed, the tradition in England was to hold legislative debate in secret and to prohibit publication of legislative proceedings-.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).