Free Speech

Case - 435 U.S. 589

Parties: Nixon v. Warner Communications

Date: 1978-04-18

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Paragraph: 25 - N147* Our decision in that case merely affirmed the right of the press to publish accurately information contained in court records open to the public. Since the press serves as the information-gathering agent of the public, it could not be prevented from reporting what it had learned and what the public was entitled to know.

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  • N147* / / / / With respect to the decision in Cox Broadcasting

Preferred Terms:

  • (why is) Publishing Court Records

Phrase match: the right of the press to

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Paragraph: 26 - The First Amendment generally grants the press no right to information about a trial superior to that of the general public.N243* "Once beyond the confines of the courthouse, a news-gathering agency may publicize, within wide limits, what its representatives have heard and seen in the courtroom. But the line is drawn at the courthouse door; and within, a reporter's constitutional rights are no greater than those of any other member of the public."

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  • N243* / quote / endorsement / Q0137 /

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  • (reg) Press does not have greater rights to information about trial than public

Phrase match: no right to information about a

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