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Legal Citation: 443 U.S. 368 (1979)

Petitioner
Gannett Co., Inc.

Respondent
Daniel A. DePasquale, Seneca County Court Judge

Petitioner's Claim
That exclusion of the press from a pretrial hearing was tantamount to denying a public right of access to trials and violated the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert C. Bernius

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Bernard Kobroff

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 July 1979

Decision
Closure of pretrial hearings to...