Courthouse News Service v. Yamasaki
RCFP and a coalition of media organizations filed an amicus brief in support of Courthouse News Service's appeal of the…
RCFP and a coalition of media organizations filed an amicus brief in support of Courthouse News Service’s appeal of the denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction to require the Orange County Superior Court to provide it with timely access to newly filed civil complaints. The amicus brief argues that the First Amendment creates a right of timely access to civil complaints that requires that access be contemporaneous with their filing. In addition, the brief argues that timely access to civil complaints benefits the public and that CNS’s profit motive and readership are irrelevant to the determination of the First Amendment right of access.