Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Upshur

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 22, 2005Published

1Opinion of the Court

882 A.2d 499 (2005)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant

v.

Jamie Lynn UPSHUR.

WPXI, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 29, 2005.

Filed August 22, 2005.

Michael W. Streily, Deputy District Attorney, Pittsburgh, and Kevin F. McCarthy, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Walter P. DeForest III, Pittsburgh, for WPXI, Intervenor.

Before: HUDOCK, POPOVICH, and JOHNSON, JJ.

OPINION BY JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 In this case we consider whether the electronic media enjoys either a common law or constitutional right of access, before trial, to a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Harman Ex Rel. Harman v. BorahSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Leucadia, Inc. v. Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc., Richard I. Burstein, Proposed IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993

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