Legal Opinion
Miguel Rivera-Puig v. Hon. Gabriel Garcia-Rosario
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1992No. 92-1239, 92-1397PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents important constitutional issues requiring us to strike a balance between state-created due process and privacy concerns, and freedom of the press rights protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Because we find the latter paramount in this case, and in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California, 478 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 2735, 92 L.Ed.2d 1 (1986) (“Press Enterprise II”), we affirm the district court’s decision 1 declaring unconstitutional the closure provision of Rule 23(c)…
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