MATTER OF CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. HUGHES


74 N.Y.2d 626 (1989)

In the Matter of Crain Communications, Inc., Appellant, v. Thomas J. Hughes, as a Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County, Respondent. BRI Holding Corp., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Sack, Mitchell A. Karlan, Stuart D. Karle and David P. Sanders for appellant.

Jerome M. Leitner and Arthur H. Sobel for BRI Holding Corp., respondent.

Deborah R. Linfield, Douglas P. Jacobs, Roberta Brackman, Philip E. Kucera and Richard N. Winfield for New York Times Company and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding in an effort to obtain access to all public documents filed in a separate action to which it was not a party, which had been sealed by a court order dated October 24, 1986. Its claim was based on the premise that there is a common-law right of access to inspect and copy judicial documents (see...

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