Baltimore Sun Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This Court issued a writ of certiorari in these companion cases, both of which arise from the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to close the courtroom during a civil proceeding and to issue an order sealing the court record of that proceeding. The principal issue before us is whether the Circuit Court was authorized to close the courtroom and seal the record.

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The underlying civil proceeding which gave rise to both appeals presently before this Court was a wrongful death and survivor action filed by the family of James Quarles, III, who was shot and killed by…