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Ex Parte Birmingham News Co., Inc.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 18, 1993No. CR 92-971Published

1Opinion of the Court

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is a petition for writ of mandamus filed in this Court by The Birmingham News Company, Inc., The Associated Press, The Advertiser Company, and joined by the Alabama Press Association, as intervenor, seeking to compel Judge H. Randall Thomas of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County to open to the press the pretrial proceedings in the criminal prosecution of the governor of Alabama. “The news media generally have standing to intervene in a criminal proceeding to object to a motion to ‘seal’ court records that would otherwise be a matter…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984

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