Legal Opinion
Advance Local Media, LLC v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 2019No. 18-12402PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the common law right of access to documents upon which a court has relied to decide issues in a case. In the underlying suit, death row inmate Doyle Lee Hamm brought an as-applied challenge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , arguing that Alabama's attempt to execute him via lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment. During the litigation, Alabama submitted its lethal injection protocol to the district court. The protocol was never formally filed with the court, but was subjected to expert testimony, debated at hearings, and relied upon by the court…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Beckman Industries, Inc. Smithkline Beckman, and Stauffer Chemical Company, Intervenors-Appellees v. International Insurance Company, Beckman Industries, Inc. Smithkline Beckman, and Monsanto Company Reichhold Limited Fmc Corporation Bridgestone/firestone, Intervenors-Appellees v. International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Richard Junior FrazierCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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