Baltimore Sun Co. v. Astri Investment Management & Securities Corp. (In Re Astri Investment, Management & Securities Corp.)

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal by The Baltimore Sun from an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court (Schneider, J.) denying a Sun reporter’s request to attend a creditors’ meeting involving Astri Investment Management and Securities Corporation (Astri) as the debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding. The question presented — whether the members of the public have a right to attend a creditors’ committee meeting — is seemingly one of first impression.

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Background

On May 28, 1987, Astri filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. 1 After an interim…