Legal Opinion
Houchins v. KQED, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1978No. 76-1310PublishedCited by 505 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Burger, joined by Justice White and Justice Rehnquist
The question presented is whether the news media have a constitutional right of access to a county jail, over and above that of other persons, to interview inmates and make sound recordings, films, and photographs for publication and broadcasting by newspapers, radio, and television.
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Petitioner Houchins, as Sheriff of Alameda County, Cal., controls all access to the Alameda County Jail at Santa Rita. Respondent KQED operates licensed television and radio broadcasting stations which have frequently reported newsworthy events relating to penal institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area. On…
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