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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 22:26:01+00:00

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Inner City Press/Cmty. on the Move v. Bd.
U.S. Dep’t of Justice v. Reporters Comm.
Town Loses Its Newspaper, Time, Mar.
(“PLN”). Amici are news organizations and associations of news professionals with longstanding interests in the public availability of court records.
across the United States and throughout the world.
dedicated to improving and protecting journalism.
journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
members are weekly or semi-weekly newspapers.
Most serve rural or suburban communities.
news and information for their viewers and listeners.
property.” Craig v. Harney, 331 U.S. 367, 374 (1947).
their cellmate, Joey Jesus Estrella.
Estrella’s body following the murder. Pet. App. 2-3.
disclosure of materials similar to those at issue here.
government must disclose the requested records.
Cottone, 193 F.3d at 554.
to access under FOIA – is important to the press.
cannot be gleaned from trial transcripts alone.
costs of accurate and comprehensive trial reporting.
certiorari and reverse the ruling below.
appearance of fairness so essential to public confidence in the system.” Press-Enterprise Co., 464 U.S.
permits sight and sound reproduction.
945, 952 (2d Cir. 1980); see also United States v.
criminal proceedings, see Richmond Newspapers, Inc.
seal a paper or to close a proceeding.” D.C. Colo. L.
Cir. 1987); United States v. Smith, 776 F.2d 1104, 1112 (3d Cir.
1985); In re Washington Post Co., 807 F.2d 383, 390 (4th Cir.
935 F.2d 282, 287 (D.C. Cir. 1991).
before the date set forth in such public notice.
the public record.” Id. 47.1(H).
place after the submission of PLN’s FOIA request.
D.C. Colo. L. Cr. R. 47.1(E).
shown in open court are not “truly public.” Pet. App.
and thus Exemption 7(C) could still “fulfill its purposes” of protecting the privacy of the victim’s family.
stated in Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S.
was thereby being served.” Id. at 495.
observing the notice requirements and other procedural protections demanded by a motion to seal.
by their display at two public trials. See Robles v.
at B-4, a decision of great public interest that the withheld photographs and video would help illuminate.
shed light on its operations and functions.” Pet. App.
65 (Wright Decl. ¶ 7).
Richmond Newspapers, 448 U.S. at 575.
increases the public’s faith in their judicial system.
accept what they are prohibited from observing.” Id.
general and its workings in a particular case.” Id.
audiovisual images to inform and impact the public.
Estrella’s corpse, is already publicly known.” Id. at 13.
valuable nature of audiovisual evidence.
concurring in part and dissenting in part).
and understood at a substantially higher level.” J.
Verdicts, 29 Law & Psychol. Rev. 289, 291 (2005).
no substitute for the power of video footage.” Pet.
connection with a properly-filed motion to seal.
the press and general public.” Renegotiation Bd. v.
mushrooming growth of Government secrecy . . . .”).
operations.” Cox Broad. Corp., 420 U.S. at 491.
Tribune Co. Bankruptcy Nearing Finish Line, Chi.
“surrogate[ ] for the public” at judicial proceedings.
character of Anglo-American trials. See id. at 569-73.
Application of Nat’l Broad. Co., Inc., 653 F.2d at 614).
Second, the public-domain doctrine also compensates for the loss of regional and local newspapers.
reporters to cover court proceedings in Colorado.
to interest a national audience.
a clear, bright-line rule with a fact-intensive balancing test.
cannot be reconciled with the purpose of FOIA.

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