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NBC SUBSIDIARY (KNBC-TV) v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S056924.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 778 (1999)

980 P.2d 337

20 Cal.4th 1178

NBC SUBSIDIARY (KNBC-TV), INC., et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Sondra Locke et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karlene W. Goller; Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Karen N. Frederiksen and Todd D. Thibodo, Los Angeles, for Petitioners the Los Angeles Times and California Community News.

Anne H. Egerton; Patricia Duncan; Williams & Connolly, Kevin T. Baine, Nicole K. Seligman and Craig D. Singer, Fresno, for Petitioner NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc.

Borton, Petrini & Conron and Tobias A. Dorsey, Bakersfield, for California Broadcasters Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Levine Pierson Sullivan & Koch and James E. Grossberg, Irvine, for ABC, Inc., American Society of Newspaper Editors, Cable News Network, Inc., California Newspaper Publishers Association, CBS Inc., the Copley Press, Inc., the Hearst Corporation, Magazine Publishers of America, Inc., McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., National Association of Broadcasters, Newspaper Association of America, the New York Times Company, the Orange County Register, Press-Enterprise Company, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Washington Post as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

De Witt W. Clinton and Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, and Frederick R. sBennett, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.

Leah Saffian, Encino, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

No appearance for Real Parties in Interest.

GEORGE, C.J.

In a civil trial involving prominent figures in the entertainment industry, respondent Superior Court of Los Angeles County issued orders excluding the public and the press from all courtroom proceedings held outside the presence of the jury, and sealing the transcripts of those proceedings. The trial court thereafter held numerous closed courtroom proceedings during the first four days of trial after the

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