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GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. POKASKI

No. 88-1413.

868 F.2d 497 (1989)

GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Daniel F. POKASKI, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Fabricant, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Holly A. Clarke on brief for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae.

Jonathan M. Albano with whom E. Susan Garsh, Joanne D'Alcomo and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellees, the Boston Globe and two of its reporters, were denied access to certain court records of completed criminal cases on the basis of Section 100C of the Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 276. That statute authorizes the sealing of court records of criminal cases in which a conviction has not been obtained. The Globe brought suit in federal district court, asserting that it has a constitutional right of access to the requested records...

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