Legal Opinion

Dorsett v. County of Nassau

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided August 8, 2011No. 10-cv-1258 (ADS)(AKT)PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

The present plaintiff, Sharon Dorsett, and two news organizations, Newsday LLC and News 12 Networks, LLC, object to the entry of a protective order in this case that prohibits the plaintiff from disseminating an internal report that the plaintiff obtained from the defendant Nassau County Police Department in discovery. For the reasons that follow, the Court affirms the entry of the protective order.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 19, 2009, Leonardo Valdez-Cruz murdered Jo’Anna Bird in her Nassau County home. According to the plaintiff, Bird had…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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  5. Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979

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