Legal Opinion
United States v. Cohen
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided February 7, 2019No. 18cr602PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, Senior United States District Judge:
Various media organizations seek an order unsealing documents relating to searches conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 9, 2018 in connection with a grand jury investigation by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (the "Government") of Defendant Michael Cohen and others. The media organizations assert a right of access to these warrant materials under the common law and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For the reasons that follow, their applications are granted in…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. AmodeoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by5 opinions
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