APPLICATION OF VV PUB. CORP.


120 N.J. 508 (1990)

577 A.2d 412

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF VV PUBLISHING CORPORATION.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Wm. Moylen argued the cause for appellants complaining minor witnesses in a related criminal matter (Casella, Carducci, McMichael & Moylen, attorneys).

Mary Adele Hornish argued the cause for appellants certain minor children (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys).

Glenn D. Goldberg, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant State of New Jersey (Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Laura R. Handman, a member of the New York bar, argued the cause for respondents, VV Publishing Corporation and The New York Times (Gordon, Gordon & Haley, attorneys; Laura R. Handman, Timothy S. Haley, and Deborah R. Linfield, a member of the New York bar, on the brief).

A.F. McGimpsey, Jr., and Thomas J. Cafferty submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, New Jersey Press Association (McGimpsey & Cafferty, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.

In this appeal the underlying substantive issue is whether VV Publishing Corporation (Village Voice) is entitled to receive redacted or unredacted transcripts of a protracted criminal trial involving the alleged sexual abuse of nursery-school children. The Appellate Division held that either alternative was acceptable, purporting to accord to Village Voice the choice between...

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