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PROVIDENCE JOURNAL CO. v. RODGERS

No. 97-29-Appeal.

711 A.2d 1131 (1998)

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY Legislature. v. Joseph F. RODGERS, Jr., in is Capacity as Presiding Justice for the Superior Court of the State of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Raymond A. Marcaccio, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Joseph F. Penza, Jr., Warwick, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, FLANDERS and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

"The public's interest in knowing about its government is protected by the guarantee of a Free Press, but the protection is indirect. The Constitution itself is neither a Freedom of Information Act nor an Official Secrets Act."1

The right to obtain information on criminal proceedings is essential to a free and responsible government. But other compelling state interests can intersect...

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