No right of access to documents viewed in camera

Article Abstract:

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in United States v. Wolfson that there was no right of public access to documents that were reviewed in camera but were determined not to be relevant to the proceedings. Wolfson's securities law trial in 1967 included review of earlier testimony of a witness by the court in camera. All but on page was sealed. In the most recent of many attempts at access, the Court ruled that the public does not have access to documents that the court decided the defendant had no discovery rights in.

United States

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Protective order can be modified after documents filed: media parties allowed to intervene in suit over operation of retirement community

Article Abstract:

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in Ballard v. Herzke that The (Nashville) Tennessean could intervene in a case involving financial misconduct by a planned retirement community. The Court overturned the appeals court's ruling and affirmed the trial court's ruling and found that the interests of the press were related to the issues of the case but sufficiently distinct to warrant press intervention. The appeals court had found that modifying a protective order to allow media access to the record would constitute an abuse of discretion.

Tennessee

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Discovery documents in criminal trial not public

Article Abstract:

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in Ohio ex rel. WDTN TV-2 v. Lowe that two television stations did not have the right to access discovery materials that the prosecutor provided to the defense in the trial of Therressa Jolynn Ritchie. The television station argued that the materials were public records subject to the Public Records Act or were judicial records. The Court found that the materials were work product not subject to public disclosure and were not judicial records publicly available under the First Amendment.

Ohio, Access control

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