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Majority Opinion
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Burger, C.J. (Brennan, J. & Powell, J. not participating) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Stewart, J. |
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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 |
| Lawyers |
James E. Kulp, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia
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| Briefs |
Arthur B. Hanson and Frank M. Northam for the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. (for petitioner)
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Christopher B. Fager, William G. Mullen, and James R. Cregan for the National Newspaper Assn. et al. (for petitioner)
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Edward Bennett Williams and John B. Kuhns for the Washington Post Co. et al. (for petitioner)
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Stephen W. Bricker, Bruce J. Ennis, Joel M. Gora, and Philip J. Hirschkop for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. (for petitioner)
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| Ruling - Lower Court |
217 Va. 699, 233 S. E. 2d 120
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| News |
Hager, Philip, "High Court Upholds Right to Print Secret Proceedings," The Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1978, Sect. B, p. 1
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Hager, Philip, "High Court Upholds Right to Print Secret Proceedings," The Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1978, Sect. B, p. 1
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McAllister, Bill, "Norfolk Paper Punished for Citing Judge," The Washington Post, Jan. 16, 1976, Sect. C, p. 1
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McAllister, Bill, "Paper Defends Story on Judge," The Washington Post, Dec. 11, 1975, Sect. B, p. 9
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Seaberry, Jane, "High Court Hears Va. Newspaper Case," The Washington Post, Jan. 12, 1978, Sect. C, p. 2
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.)(2006), Sect. 11.3.5.5 and 11.3.9
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DuVal, "The Occasions of Secrecy," 47 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 79 (1986)
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| Commentary |
Abrams, Floyd, "Two Theories of Press Freedom are Parallel, Yet Bound to Meet," The New York Times, May 7, 1978, Sect. E, p. 11
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