United States v. Charles Beckham v. Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc., Non-Party

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Members of the news media appeal the district court’s denials of permission to copy tape-recordings that were admitted as evidence in a criminal trial, transcripts of these tape-recordings that were used by the jury, and documentary exhibits. They argue that both the Constitution and the common law provide a right to contemporaneous access to copy these materials. On review, we find that the district court’s orders did not violate the constitutional rights of the appellants and that, under the common law, the district court did not abuse its discretion in…