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GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 81-611.

457 U.S. 596 (1982)

GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McHugh argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, and Gerald J. Caruso and Alan B. Sherr, Assistant Attorneys General.*

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 16A of Chapter 278 of the Massachusetts General Laws,1 as construed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, requires trial judges, at trials for specified sexual offenses involving a victim under the age of 18, to exclude the press and general public from the courtroom during the testimony of that victim. The question presented is...

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