Gannett Co. v. DePasquale

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1979-07-02

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented in this case is whether members of the public have an independent constitutional right to insist upon access to a pretrial judicial proceeding, even though *371 the accused, the prosecutor, and the trial judge all have agreed to the closure of that proceeding in order to assure a…

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