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BALTIMORE SUN v. BALTIMORE

Nos. 97 & 107, Sept. Term, 1999.

755 A.2d 1130 (2000)

359 Md. 653

The BALTIMORE SUN COMPANY et al. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE. The Baltimore Sun Company v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary R Craig, Towson, for appellant in No. 97, Sept. Term, 1999.

William R. Phelan, Jr., Principal Counsel (Frank C. Derr, Deputy City Sol., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee in No. 97, Sept. Term, 1999.

Mary R. Craig, Towson, for appellant/cross-appellee in No. 107, Sept. Term, 1999.

William R. Phelan, Jr., Principal Counsel (Duane Verderaime, Associate Legal Counsel, A. Dwight Pettit, Allan B. Rabineau, Michael Marshall of Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, Eileen A. Carpenter, Kurt L. Schmoke, on brief), Baltimore, for appellees/cross-appellants in No. 107, Sept. Term, 1999.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This Court issued a writ of certiorari in these companion cases, both of which arise from the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to close the courtroom during a civil proceeding and to issue an order sealing the court record of that proceeding. The principal issue before us is whether the Circuit Court was authorized to close the courtroom and seal the record.

I.

The underlying civil proceeding which gave rise to both...

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