Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
| Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 19, 1980 Decided July 2, 1980 | |
| Full case name | Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia |
| Docket no. | 79-243 |
| Citations | 448 U.S. 555 (more) 100 S. Ct. 2814; 65 L. Ed. 2d 973 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent | None |
| Holding | |
| Closing of the trial to the public in this case was unconstitutional. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Burger, joined by White, Stevens |
| Concurrence | Brennan, joined by Marshall |
| Concurrence | Stewart |
| Concurrence | Blackmun |
| Concurrence | White |
| Concurrence | Stevens |
| Dissent | Rehnquist |
| Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution | |
Richmond Newspapers Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court case involving issues of privacy in correspondence with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the freedom of the press, the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. After a murder case ended in three mistrials, the judge closed the fourth trial to the public and the press. On appeal, the Supreme Court ruled the closing to be in violation of the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment asserting that the First Amendment implicitly guarantees the press access to public trials.