Legal Opinion
Hammock Ex Rel. Hammock v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 2, 1995PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
This case requires us to decide whether the public has a right of access to judicial records and materials filed with the court in civil litigation. Public Citizen Group, Inc. (Public Citizen), a non-profit organization that advocates safe, affordable and effective drugs, sought access to documents filed with the trial court under a protective order in a pharmaceutical manufacturer products-liability case. After the products-liability case was dismissed on summary judgment, the trial court denied Public Citizen access to the documents and…
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