Legal Opinion
Valley Broadcasting Co. v. United States District Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1986No. 86-7103PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us td decide whether the public’s common law right to copy and inspect public records and documents includes the right to copy audio and videotape exhibits as they are received in evidence during a criminal trial.
Valley Broadcasting Company (Valley Broadcasting) brought this petition for writ of mandamus after the district court denied its request to copy certain audio and video tapes as they were admitted into evidence in United States v. Spilotro, et. al, CR-LV-83-11-LDG (Spilotro), a prominent RICO conspiracy case now underway in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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