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VALLEY BROADCASTING CO. v. UNITED STATES DIST. COURT

No. 86-7103.

798 F.2d 1289 (1986)

VALLEY BROADCASTING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF NEVADA, Respondent, United States of America, Anthony Spilotro, et al., Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Frasier Phillips, Las Vegas, Nev., for petitioner.

L.J. O'Neale, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before GOODWIN, NORRIS and HALL, Circuit Judges.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether the public's common law right to copy and inspect public records and documents includes the right to copy audio and videotape exhibits as they are received in evidence during a criminal trial.

Valley Broadcasting Company (Valley Broadcasting) brought this petition for writ of mandamus after the district court denied its request to copy certain audio and video tapes as they were admitted...

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