| Docket # | SJC-09665 |
| Date | February 5, 2007 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Greaney, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, JJ.
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| Summary | Supreme Judicial Court, Superintendence of inferior courts. District Court, Clerk-Magistrate. Practice, Criminal, Show cause hearing. Constitutional law, Access to court proceedings. |
| Appealed From | SJC for Suffolk County, Justice Roderick L. Ireland |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company: Peter J. Caruso, Peter J. Caruso II |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Clerk-Magistrate of the Lawrence Division of the District Court Department: Maura D. McLaughlin |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |