United States v. Michael J. Corbitt, Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1989-06-19

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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires that we decide whether, and under what circumstances, a district court may release the presentence investigation report of a criminal defendant to members of the news media. The district court authorized disclosure of the defendant’s presentence report under the “common law right of access” to judicial records. See Nixon v. War…

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