NEWMAN v. GRADDICK

No. 81-7886.

696 F.2d 796 (1983)

N.H. NEWMAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles GRADDICK, Attorney General, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, The Advertiser Company, Movant-Appellant. Gust BIGG, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mac Sim BUTLER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, The Advertiser Company, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rushton, Stakley, Johnston & Garrett, Dennis R. Bailey, Montgomery, Ala., for movant-appellant.

Wm. J. Samford, Legal Advisor, M.R. Nachman, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for Governor James.

Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Alvin L. Bronstein, Washington, D.C., Richard D. Shinbaum, Montgomery, Ala., Radney, Radney & Barnes, W. Scears Barnes, Jr., Alexander City, Ala., for Worley James, Nat. Prison Projects, Joe Hopper et al.

Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The Advertiser Company, the publisher of two Alabama newspapers, appeals the district court's denial of its petitions to copy certain judicial records and to gain access to hearings in this class action concerning unconstitutional overcrowding in Alabama prisons. We reverse.

A general familiarity with the procedural history of this case is necessary to understand our disposition of the jurisdictional and substantive issues. Brought by...

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