Legal Opinion
Westmoreland v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 2, 1984No. 471, Docket 84-7809PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the novel question whether a cable news network has a right to televise a federal trial and the public a right to view that trial — where the court is adjudicating a civil action, where both parties have consented to the presence of television cameras in the courtroom under the close supervision of a willing court, but where a facially applicable court rule prohibits the presence of such cameras. The rule is backed by a canon of the Code of Judicial Conduct for United States Judges and supported by resolutions, recommendations, and reports of the…
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