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U.S. v. CORBITT

No. 88-2746.

879 F.2d 224 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. CORBITT, Defendant. Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Gair, David J. Stetler, James R. Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Criminal Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.

Matthew A. Flamm, Richard Orlikoff, Orlikoff & Flamm, James I. Marcus, Williams & Marcus, Jeffrey Schulman, Chicago, Ill., for Michael J. Corbitt.

Matthew A. Flamm, Richard Orlikoff, Scott A. Weiss, Orlikoff & Flamm, Chicago, Ill., for Pulitzer Community Newspapers, Inc.

Before, CUDAHY and MANION, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires that we decide whether, and under what circumstances, a district court may release the presentence investigation report of a criminal defendant to members of the news media. The district court authorized disclosure of the defendant's presentence report under the "common law right of access" to judicial records. See Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 98 S.Ct. 1306, 55...

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