Legal Opinion
In re South Carolina Press Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1991No. Nos. 91-5551, 91-5925PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This matter is before the court for review of orders of the district court excluding the press and public from the voir dire of potential jurors in the criminal prosecutions of certain state legislators charged with selling their votes in the South Carolina General Assembly. This is a consolidation of petitions for writs of mandamus filed by the petitioners, the publishers of newspapers of general circulation within the State of South Carolina, who seek the writs to review the trial judge’s decision to close voir dire of the jury venire to the press and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- In Re the Knight Publishing Company D/B/A the Charlotte ObserverCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Horton v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Abc, Inc. v. Martha Stewart, Peter Bacanovic, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. BondOhio Supreme Court · 2002
- United States v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- In re PruettCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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