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GANNETT CO. v. DE PASQUALE

43 N.Y.2d 370 (1977)

In the Matter of Gannett Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Daniel A. De Pasquale, as Judge of the Seneca County Court, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Kobroff and Alan D. Marrus for appellants.

Robert C. Bernius and John Stuart Smith for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN and JONES concur with Judge WACHTLER; Judge COOKE dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judge FUCHSBERG concurs; Judge GABRIELLI taking no part.

WACHTLER, J.

During the course of pretrial suppression hearings in a highly publicized murder case, the court directed that the evidentiary proceedings be closed to the public, including the press. The closure order was imposed as a means to ensure the defendants' right to a fair trial by forestalling the prejudicial effects of further notoriety. In this article 78 proceeding in the nature of prohibition, the...

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