Legal Opinion
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1984No. L.A. 31876PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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BROUSSARD, J.
In the instant case we consider the appropriate standard to be applied by a magistrate in determining whether the public’s right of access to preliminary hearings should be limited due to the risk of impairment of a defendant’s right to a fair trial.
The real party in interest, Robert Rubane Diaz, was charged by a complaint filed in the municipal court with the murder of 12 hospital patients by administering massive doses of the heart drug lidocaine. He was also charged with special circumstances. At the time of the preliminary hearing there were many representatives of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of RiversideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. CummingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Joel Levine v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States of America, Real Party in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
- People v. WoodruffCalifornia Supreme Court · 2018
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