Legal Opinion
In Re the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 20, 1985No. 82-1820, 82-1821 and 83-1744PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.
SCALIA, Circuit Judge.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and four individual reporters appeal from two District Court orders delaying until after trial and entry of judgment the public’s access to court records consisting of documents produced by, and depositions furnished by the officers of, *1326Mobil Oil Corp. in the course of third-party discovery in a civil suit, and used in connection with summary judgment and trial proceedings. The case…
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- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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