Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Company v. Daniel F. Pokaski, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 22, 1989No. 88-1413PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellees, the Boston Globe and two of its reporters, were denied access to certain court records of completed criminal cases on the basis of Section 100C of the Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 276. That statute authorizes the sealing of court records of criminal cases in which a conviction has not been obtained. The Globe brought suit in federal district court, asserting that it has a constitutional right of access to the requested records, and that the Commonwealth’s statutory scheme im-permissibly burdens that right. The district court held that the Commonwealth…
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