Media
Aug. 17, 1999
Court Expands Media's Right to Documents
SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time, a federal appeals court has ruled the news media and public have a common-law right of access to civil discovery documents even before trial. But the court did not rule on extending a more powerful First Amendment protection to that access.




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