Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 13, 2011PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
After the report and the transcript of an inquest was filed in the Superior Court, and a grand jury returned an indictment charging Amy Bishop with the murder in the first degree of her brother, Seth, the Globe Newspaper Company, Inc. (Globe), filed a motion in the Superior Court to inspect and copy the inquest report and the transcript of the inquest proceedings. Following a hearing, a judge denied the Globe’s motion and ordered the inquest report and transcript to be impounded until further order of the court. The Globe brought this petition in the county court under G. L. c. 211, § 3,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Commonwealth v. BlondinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Pineo v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Boston Herald, Inc. v. SharpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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