In the Matter of Richard Oliver et al., Individually and on Behalf of Other Members of the Public and Press Similarly Situated, Appellants,
v.
George Postel, Individually and as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Respondent.
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Argued January 3, 1972.
Decided March 22, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jacob D. Fuchsberg, Leo Pfeffer, Alexander M. Bickel (member of the Massachusetts Bar) and Murray L. Lewis for appellants.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Robert S. Hammer, Samuel A. Hirschowitz and Jerald Probst of counsel), for respondent.
Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl for The New York Times Company, Inc. and others and Cravath, Swaine & Moore for Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., amici curiae.
James W. Rodgers and Anson M. Keller for New York News Inc., amicus curiae.
Burt Neuborne and Paul G. Chevigny for Newspaper Reporters Association of New York, Inc. and New York Civil Liberties Union, amici curiae.
Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Chief Judge FULD; Judge BURKE in result.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Chief Judge FULD.
The questions posed in Matter of United Press Assns. v. Valente (308 N.Y. 71), concerning the right of the news media to challenge an order closing the trial of a pending criminal case to the public and the press, are again before us on this appeal, though in a materially different setting and involving altogether different considerations. Here, unlike...
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