MATTER OF BRENTRUP v. CULKIN


166 Misc.2d 870 (1995)

635 N.Y.S.2d 1016

In the Matter of Patricia Brentrup, Petitioner, v. Christopher Culkin, Respondent.

Supreme Court, New York County.

November 30, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, L. L. P., New York City (Mara T. Thorpe and Robert Stephen Cohen of counsel), guardian ad litem. Tenzer Greenblatt, L. L. P., New York City (Stanford Lotwin and Jay Silverstein of counsel), for petitioner. Post & Frank, New York City (Donald Frank and Bernard Post of counsel), for respondent. Rogers & Wells, New York City (Carolyn K. Foley of counsel), for the Associated Press. Cameron A. Stracher, New York City, for CBS Inc. Eve B. Burton, New York City, for Daily News. Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent, Sheinfeld & Sorkin, New York City (Slade R. Metcalf and Melissa Georges of counsel), for New York Post.


DAVID B. SAXE, J.

The right of the public and the press to attend court proceedings is generally a constitutional entitlement (see, US Const 1st Amend; NY Const, art I, § 8; Richmond Newspapers v Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 580-581 [1980]; Matter of Associated Press v Bell, 70 N.Y.2d 32, 37 [1987]). The press's constitutional...

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