Legal Opinion
Times Mirror Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1989No. Nos. 88-6278, 88-7291, 88-6279 and 88-6280PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
In these consolidated appeals we consider whether the public has a qualified right of access to search warrants and supporting affidavits relating to an investigation which is ongoing and before any indictments have been returned. Appellants (the Times Mirror Company, KCST-TV Channel 39, and the Copley Press) claim they have a qualified right of access, derived from the First Amendment, the common law and Fed.R.Crim.P. 41(g)1, to search warrant materials associated with Operation Ill-Wind, a nationwide FBI investigation of corruption and fraud in the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by141 opinions
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