Baltimore Sun Co. v. State

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the extent to which a juvenile court can limit the media’s use of information when that court gives the media access to a previously confidential juvenile proceeding. We hold that while a court can place reasonable restrictions on *443the media’s use of information obtained in a confidential juvenile proceeding, it cannot limit the media’s publication of information which it legitimately collected from other sources, and cannot condition access to the juvenile proceeding upon the media’s publication of material specified by the court.

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