BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC v. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE TRIAL COURT

SJC-12681.

483 Mass. 80 (2019)

BOSTON GLOBE MEDIA PARTNERS, LLC v. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE TRIAL COURT & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Albano , for the petitioner.

Eric A. Haskell , Assistant Attorney General, for the respondents.

Peter J. Haley , for Association of Magistrates and Assistant Clerks of the Trial Court.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Ruth A. Bourquin , Matthew R. Segal , & Daniel L. McFadden , for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & another.

Esme Caramello , for Harvard Defenders & others.

Pauline Quirion , for Greater Boston Legal Services & another.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & CYPHER, JJ.


In Eagle-Tribune Publ. Co. v. Clerk-Magistrate of the Lawrence Div. of the Dist. Court Dep't, 448 Mass. 647, 647-648 (2007) (Eagle-Tribune), this court held that the public has no right under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution to attend "show cause" hearings...

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