Legal Opinion
In Re Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 2009No. 09-1090PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This mandamus proceeding requires us to address a question of first impression: does a federal district judge have the authority to permit gavel-to-gavel webcasting of a hearing in a civil case? 1 The district court thought that it had that authority. Capitol Records, Inc. v. Alaujan, 593 F.Supp.2d 319, 324-25 (D.Mass.2009). After careful consideration, we hold that a local rule, applicable in this case, when read in conjunction with an announced policy of the Judicial Conference of the United States and a resolution of the First Circuit Judicial Council, precludes such…
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