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GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. FENTON

Civ. A. No. 89-2868-WD.

819 F.Supp. 89 (1993)

GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO., et al., Plaintiffs, v. John E. FENTON, Jr., as he is Chief Administrative Justice of the Trial Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Kravitz, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, for plaintiffs.

Peter Sacks, Atty. General's Office, Boston, MA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS

WOODLOCK, District Judge.

The cross motions for summary judgment before me put in issue the relative accessibility of closed criminal case files maintained in each of the 83 criminal trial courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The defendant state custodians of these records concede that the First Amendment protects the right of any news reporter or member of the public to come to "any Massachusetts trial court...

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