Court permits closure challenge to continue after trial ends

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The Ohio Supreme Court reversed and ordered an appellate court to review a case regarding the press' right to to be notified if proceedings are to be closed. The appellate court had ruled that the issue had been made moot by the adoption of new procedural rules which provided for notice and allowed the press to file motions objecting to closure. The Supreme Court, however, stated that the new rules did not prevent lower courts from taking the same action and, therefore, were inadequate. The rules were amended again and the newspaper dropped its suit.

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Media lose bid for access to juror transcripts

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The United States Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit ruled in United States v. King that the trial's jury selection process should be closed to the media until the jury was actually empaneled to guard against probable prejudice to the boxing promoter's right to a fair trial. The widespread, negative, racially based publicity concerning King necessitated jury selection closure.

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Judge was wrong to deny media access in King trial

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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in King v. Jowers that the trial judge had erroneously excluded the media from jury selection, neither party having requested closure.

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