In Re the Baltimore Sun Company v. The Honorable Clarence E. Goetz, United States Magistrate

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1989-09-15

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BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge: The Baltimore Sun Co., a newspaper publisher, appeals the district court’s order denying its petition for a writ of mandamus ordering a magistrate to unseal a search warrant affidavit. The principal issue is whether either the first amendment or the common law confers a qualified right of access to inspect and copy affidavits supporting search warran…

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