Legal Opinion
In Re the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and Des Moines Register and Tribune Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1984No. 83-1573PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners, representatives of the press in Iowa, ask this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the District Court 1 to release all portions of transcript under seal in a contempt hearing involving Tom Riley, a lawyer. The District Court closed part of the hearing to the press and public because testimony with respect to valuable trade secrets was to be given. It later opened all but a small portion of the transcript. We agree that the portion of the transcript still unrevealed contains trade secrets, and that it was necessary to deny release of this portion of…
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