Legal Opinion
State v. Koch
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 5, 1999No. 97-261PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
Two newspaper publishers and their reporters, intervenors in the above entitled criminal proceedings, appeal the district court’s decision closing two hearings concerning a motion to revoke defendant Koch’s order of nonhospitalization and the court’s decision sealing the nonhospitalization order that resulted from those hearings. Intervenors allege that the district court violated their qualified First Amendment right of access by erroneously requiring closure of the hearing upon defendant’s request and by giving 18 V.S.A. § 7103 an overly broad construction, incompatible with the presumptive…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Westchester Rockland Newspapers, Inc. v. LeggettNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. TallmanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1987
- In re AllenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909
- In re J. S.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1981
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Elkins v. Microsoft Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2002
- Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer, Inc. v. Town of JamaicaSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
- In Re Appeal of Department of Buildings & General ServicesSupreme Court of Vermont · 2003
- In Re South Burlington-Shelburne Highway ProjectSupreme Court of Vermont · 2002
- State v. J.S.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2002
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