Legal Opinion
Abc, Inc. v. Martha Stewart, Peter Bacanovic, United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 18, 2004No. 04-0220-crPublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.
This case calls upon, us to balance two weighty constitutional rights: the First Amendment right of the press and of the public to access criminal proceedings and the Sixth Amendment right of criminal defendants to a fair trial. A conglomeration of news organizations and publications has appealed from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Cedarbaum, J.) barring the media from attending the voir dire examinations of prospective jurors held in the district judge’s robing room but providing for the release of the transcripts…
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