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Majority Opinion
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Plurality: Burger, C.J., announced the Court's judgment, & announced opinion joined by White, J. & Stevens, J. (Powell, J., did not participate) |
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Concurring Opinion
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White, J. (concurring), & Stevens, J. (concurring), & Brennan, J. (concurring in judgment, joined by Marshall, J.), & Stewart, J. (concurring in judgment) & Blackmun, J. (concurring in judgment) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Rehnquist, J., dissenting |
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Lower Court
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Virginia Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Professor Laurnce Tribe (for Appellant)
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Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of Virginia (for Appellees)
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| Briefs |
Arthur B. Hanson, Frank M. Northam, Mitchell W. Dale & Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., for the American Newspaper Publishers Association et al. (supporting Petitioner)
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| News |
Barbash, Fred, "The Burger Court Still Lacks a Theme; A Court Still Lacking a Theme," Washington Post, July 5, 1980, sect. A, p. 1
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Carmody, Deirdre, "Court's Trial Ruling Elates Press And First Amendment Lawyers; Question Now Answered," New York Times, July 3, 1980, sect. D, p. 16
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Parker, Donald & Barbash, Fred, "Criminal Trials 'Must Be Open'; Court Rules Press, Public Have Right to Attend Criminal Trials," Washington Post, July 3, 1980, sect. A, p. 1
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| Other |
"The Supreme Court -- 1979 Term," 94 Harvard Law Review 149, 154-159 (1980)
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2002), sect. 11.6.3
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Cox, Archibald, "Freedom of Expression in the Burger Court," 94 Harvard Law Review 1, 19-26 (1980)
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Dienes, C. Thomas, Levine, Lee & Lind, Robert C., NEWSGATHERING & THE LAW (2nd ed., 1999), sect. 2-2-c
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Fenner & Koley, "Access to Judicial Proceedings: To Richmond Newspapers & Beyond," 16 Harvard Civil Rights- Civil Liberties Law Review 415 (1981)
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Kamisar, Yale, "Right of Access to Information Generated or Controlled by the Government: Richmond Newspapers Examined & Gannett Revisited" in Choper, Kamisar & Tribe, THE SUPREME COURT: TRENDS & DEVELOPMENTS, 1979-1980, pp. 145 psssim
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Lewis, Anthony, "A Public Right to Know About Public Institutions: The First Amendment as a Sword," 1980 Supreme Court Review 1
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O'Brien, David M., THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW: THE SUPREME COURT & THE FIRST AMENDMENT (1981), pp. 136-146
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Schmidt, Richard & Schmidt, Gregory, "Some Observations on the Swinging Courthouse Doors of Gannett and Richmond Newspapers," 59 Denver Law Journal 721 (1982)
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 13.02[2][a]
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2nd ed., 1988), sect. 12-20
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Zuckman, Harvey, Corn-Revere, Robert et al, MODERN COMMUNICATIONS LAW (1999), sect. 717
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| Commentary |
Editorial, "'Freedom of Communication'," Washington Post, July 3, 1980, sect. A, p. 11
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Editorial, "Wiping the Graffiti Off the Courtroom," New York Times, July 3, 1980, sect. A, p. 18
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Kraft, Joseph, "The 'Maybe' Court," Washington Post, July 8, 1980, sect. A, p. 17
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Lewis, Anthony, "Abroad & At Home: The Court Speaks Up," New York Times, July 7, 1980, sect. A, p. 15
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Lewis, Anthony, "At Home & Abraod:A Right To Be Informed," New York Times, July 3, 1980, sect. A, p. 19
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Wicker, Tom, "In the Nation: Divided But Sweeping," New York Times, July 6, 1980, sect. E, p. 17
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