Legal Opinion
Johnson Newspaper Corp. v. Hamblin
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
J. Robert Lynch, J.
The petitioner owns the Watertown Daily Times, a newspaper circulated throughout northern New York. It concedes that New York does not recognize a Federal constitutional right of the public, and hence, the press, to access to court documents. It believes that the facts underlying this motion make such recognition necessary. We are constrained to disagree.
On January 16, 1986, Charles Fedora was arraigned before the respondent City Judge on accusations of two murders. The accusatory instruments were supported by affidavits of six people. These documents…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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