Legal Opinion
Gannett Co. v. DePasquale
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1976PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Gannett Co., Inc. seeks an order of prohibition pursuant to CPLR article 78 vacating and prohibiting enforcement of two orders of the Seneca County Court which excluded the public and press from a pretrial Huntley *108hearing in a criminal prosecution involving two defendants charged with murder.
Petitioner owns and operates two daily newspapers and one television station in the Rochester area. In the course of its news reporting activities petitioner assigns reporters to cover criminal proceedings that are expected to generate interest among the general public. People v Kyle Edwin…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Howard L. Criden, Harry P. Jannotti, Louis C. Johanson, George X. Schwartz. Appeal of Philadelphia Newspapers, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. LewisSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- United States v. CianfraniDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Capital Newspapers Division of the Hearst Corp. v. LeeNew York Supreme Court · 1987
- Gannett Co. v. De PasqualeNew York Court of Appeals · 1977