Legal Opinion
Republican Co. v. Appeals Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 27, 2004PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
The petitioners, a newspaper publisher and a party to a civil action against Richard R. Lavigne, one of the respondents, seek access to certain material submitted to the Superior Court by the State police and the district attorney’s office in support of a search warrant issued in 1993 in furtherance of a murder investigation. Lavigne was the subject of the investigation and of the warrant. The material sought has been kept from public view pursuant to an impoundment order entered shortly after the time the warrant issued. The question before the court is whether a litigant seeking to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Public Citizen v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Commonwealth v. BlondinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by37 opinions
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