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Legal Citation: 457 U.S. 596 (1982)

Appellant
Globe Newspaper Company

Appellee
Superior Court for the County of Norfolk, Massachusetts

Appellant's Claim
That it had the right to attend the rape trial in which the three witnesses claiming to be raped were 16 and 17 years old, despite a Massachusetts state law mandating that all sex-crime trials involving victims under 18 be closed to the public.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
James F. McHugh

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington,...