Legal Opinion
United States v. Index Newspapers LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 2014No. 13-35243PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHRISTEN, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide the extent to which the public’s qualified right of access to court proceedings must give way to the need for secrecy when a grand jury witness is held in civil contempt and confined. We consider the district court’s order granting in part and denying in part a newspaper’s motion to unseal transcripts and filings related to a grand jury witness’s contempt and continued confinement proceedings.
All of the parties agree that there is no public right of access to grand jury transcripts, but Index Newspapers, LLC, dba The Stranger,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Debbie Foltz, Consumer Action United Policyholders Texas Watch, Intervenors, and Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors-Appellants. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation California Institute of Medical Research & Technology, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Dba Comprehensive Medical Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis, Plaintiffs-Intervenors. Debbie Foltz, and Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors-Appellants v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and California Institute of Medical Research & Technology, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Dba Comprehensive Medical Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis, Plaintiffs-Intervenors. Debbie Foltz, April J. Ho Jim Mathis Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors, and Consumer Action United Policy-Holders Texas Watch, Intervenors-Appellants v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Steven BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- 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
- Cheney v. United States District Court for District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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