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Briefs & Comments

Amicus brief in support of Siobhan Reynolds' and Pain Relief Network's petition for writ of certiorari

November 8, 2010

Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that would decide when those expressing their First Amendment rights may be protected from overreaching grand jury subpoenas and when secrecy is tolerated in proceedings ancillary to the grand jury process
Comments on California Bench-Bar-Media Committee Draft Report

October 29, 2010

Comments by the Reporters Committee on the draft recommendations by California's Bench-Bar-Media Committee on various issues, including camera access to courts, gag orders, and the sealing of judicial documents.
Motion to Intervene in In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, US Supreme Court No 10M38

October 8, 2010

Requesting that the US Supreme Court allow the Reporters Committee to intervene for the limited purpose of opposing the sealing of any filings in the Supreme Court.
Amicus Brief in State v. Henry County Court of Common Pleas

March 1, 2010

Urging the Ohio Supreme Court to grant a writ of prohibition to prevent a judge from enforcing a gag order prohibiting the media from reporting on trial proceedings.
Comments on draft rule on Confidentiality of Juror Personal Information

September 8, 2009

Urging the Virginia Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Court to reconsider a rule that would introduce sweeping secrecy into the jury system.