Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court

Liacos,

J. On April 25, 1979, the plaintiff, Globe Newspaper Company (Globe), petitioned a single justice of this court for extraordinary relief pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. The petition challenged the April 25, 1979, order of a trial judge of defendant Superior Court, who acted under the authority of G. L. c. 278, § 16A, to close a criminal trial to the general public. The judge had denied the Globe’s motion to intervene and had denied the Globe’s motion for a hearing and motion to revoke the order concerning exclusion of the press. Thus, the Globe sought from the single justice a temporary…