'Philadelphia Inquirer' asks U.S. Supreme Court to review ban that kept media from interviewing jurors

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has asked the US Supreme Court to review a ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court that forbade discharged jurors from the inconclusive first murder trial of Rabbi Fred Neulander from talking to the newspaper until after the retrial was over. The paper argues that the New Jersey court's action was an unconstitutional instance of prior restraint.

Company legal issue, Cases, Right to fair and impartial trial, Fair trial, Prior restraint, Philadelphia Inquirer (Newspaper)

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Courts reexamine access to jury information: Missouri, Ohio high courts affirm presumptive right of access

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The Missouri Supreme Court vacated an earlier rule that jury lists are presumptively closed, making them presumptively open. Jury questionnaires in criminal trials remain closed, however. In the case of State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. Bond, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the press could examine jury questionnaires under its 1st Amendment rights.

Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Access control, Court records

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