Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, No. 79-243 (U.S. Supreme Court) (448 U.S. 555; 100 S.Ct. 2814) (July 2, 1980) (Justice Burger)
Here the Court reversed a closure order excluding the press and public from a murder trial and held that the right of the press and public to attend criminal trials is implicit in the guarantees of the Constitution absent an overriding interest.
The narrow question presented in this case was ...
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