Opinion ID: 434929
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Newspapers' Motion for Disclosure

Text: 11 Reporters from the Chicago Sun-Times and The Wall Street Journal covered the proceedings in the district court. A Wall Street Journal reporter attended the June 30 and July 1 hearings and wrote an article discussing Judge Grady's decision which appeared in the Journal 's July 1, 1983 edition. An article written by a Chicago Sun-Times reporter appeared in that newspaper's July 5 edition. Both reporters informally requested access to the Report from the district court and, upon the district court's instructions, made formal motions to that effect. 12 On October 31, 1983, Judge Grady ordered that the materials [he] considered in arriving at his tentative impressions should be open to inspection by the press. Judge Grady specifically identified the Report as one of the documents he had considered and asked the parties to attempt to agree on which other documents should be produced. In arriving at this decision, Judge Grady apparently felt that his tentative impressions expressed after the June 30 hearing were tantamount to a judicial decision. He adopted this view because, consistent with the impressions, the parties dismissed the outside directors and withdrew the motion to terminate in relation to the remaining defendants. 7 This appeal followed. 8