KUTV, INC. v. Conder

BALLIF, District Judge:

(concurring with comments).

I concur in the foregoing opinion resolving the question of public access to the hearings in this matter, and in narrowing their scope to alleged past disclosures that may have violated the order of secrecy entered by the district court. The following remarks deal with what I perceive to be procedural problems which may arise as this matter goes forward — assuming that they have not surfaced already and been resolved by the trial court.1

As authorized by the Mini-Grand Jury Act,2 the district court entered an order of secrecy in a criminal…