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PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 84-1560.

478 U.S. 1 (1986)

PRESS-ENTERPRISE CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Ward argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Sharon J. Waters.

Joyce Ellen Manulis Reikes argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Gerald J. Geerlings and Glenn Robert Salter. Ephriam Margolin filed a brief for Diaz, real party in interest.*

Grover C. Trask II, pro se, filed a brief for the District Attorney, County of Riverside, as amicus curiae.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to decide whether petitioner has a First Amendment right of access to the transcript of a preliminary hearing growing out of a criminal prosecution.

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On December 23, 1981, the State of California filed a complaint in the Riverside County Municipal Court, charging Robert Diaz with 12 counts of murder and seeking the death penalty. The complaint alleged that Diaz, a nurse...

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