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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.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        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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