COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE v. PLANET

Nos. 16-55977, 16-56714.

947 F.3d 581 (2020)

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Michael D. PLANET, in his official capacity as Court Executive Officer/Clerk of the Ventura County Superior Court, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Naeve (argued), Craig E. Stewart , Erica L. Reilley , and Jaclyn B. Stahl , Jones Day, Irvine, California; Frederick B. Hayes , Hayes Law Office, Hermosa Beach, California; for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Rachel Matteo-Boehm (argued), Roger Myers , Jonathan Fetterly , and Leila Knox , Bryan Cave LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Caitlin Vogus (argued), Bruce D. Brown , and Selina MacLaren , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

John C. Eastman , Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Orange, California; Keith R. Fisher , National Center for State Courts, Arlington, Virginia; for Amicus Curiae Conference of Chief Justices.

Concurrence by Judge N.R. Smith.


OPINION

"The peculiar value of news is in the spreading of it while it is fresh." Int'l News Serv. v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215, 235, 39 S.Ct. 68, 63 S.Ct. 211 (1918), abrogated on other grounds by Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64<...

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