PATTERSON v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

No. A-765.

420 U.S. 1301 (1975)

95 S.Ct. 1254

43 L.Ed.2d 645

PATTERSON ET AL., v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF FRESNO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 1975.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice.

Applicants are two California reporters and the managing editor of their newspaper. In January 1975, they published a series of articles containing references to testimony offered in a Fresno County grand jury proceeding, despite the fact that the transcript of that proceeding had been ordered sealed by the local state-court judge before whom the grand jury's indictment was returned. The judge instituted an investigation seeking...

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