41 Cited authorities

  1. Waller v. Georgia

    467 U.S. 39 (1984)   Cited 2,088 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant's public trial right was violated even though the district court released a transcript of the closed proceedings to the public
  2. Patterson v. New York

    432 U.S. 197 (1977)   Cited 2,354 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that due process does not create “a constitutional imperative, operative countrywide, that a State must disprove beyond a reasonable doubt every fact constituting any and all affirmative defenses related to the culpability of an accused.”
  3. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California

    464 U.S. 501 (1984)   Cited 1,759 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that media have a right of access to voir dire
  4. Presley v. Georgia

    558 U.S. 209 (2010)   Cited 632 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment applies to jury selection
  5. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia

    448 U.S. 555 (1980)   Cited 1,644 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that criminaltrials must be open to the public
  6. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court

    457 U.S. 596 (1982)   Cited 1,465 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that safeguarding well-being of minor is compelling and may justify closure of criminal trial from public access
  7. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court

    478 U.S. 1 (1986)   Cited 1,212 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a criminal proceeding may be closed to protect the accused's right to a fair trial only if doing so is "narrowly tailored to serve that interest," meaning that "there is a substantial probability that the defendant's right to a fair trial will be prejudiced by publicity that closure would prevent" and that "reasonable alternatives to closure cannot adequately protect the defendant's fair trial rights" (quoting Press-Enter. Co. v. Superior Ct., 464 U.S. 501, 510, 104 S.Ct. 819, 78 L.Ed.2d 629 (1984) )
  8. Gannett Co. v. Depasquale

    443 U.S. 368 (1979)   Cited 953 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the public has no constitutional right to attend pre-trial proceedings
  9. In re Oliver

    333 U.S. 257 (1948)   Cited 1,693 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding this right to be binding on the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  10. Downs v. Lape

    657 F.3d 97 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 318 times
    Holding that federal habeas review of a Sixth Amendment public trial claim was barred where the state court dismissed the claim pursuant to the contemporaneous objection rule