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If the phrasing "sensational and impure" strikes you as something out of the late 19th century, that's because it is.
A quick tumble into this ruling's citations.
If the phrasing "sensational and impure" strikes you as something out of the late 19th century, that's because it is.
A quick tumble into this ruling's citations.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1372626155883335688
In the Maxwell decision, the phrase "sensational and impure" is cited to the Second Circuit case U.S. v. Amodeo, decided in 1995 and governing public access issues, including for SDNY.
That case, in turn, cites another case for that language.
That case, in turn, cites another case for that language.
That citation goes to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from 1893, a state court decision outside the Second Circuit's jurisdiction from the turn of the century.
Back then, a reporter wanted divorce records, the judges found, to satisfy mere curiosity. casetext.com/case/request-o…
Back then, a reporter wanted divorce records, the judges found, to satisfy mere curiosity. casetext.com/case/request-o…
Somehow in the ensuing century, that fin de siècle Rhode Island case came to inspire a public-access precedent in one of the most influential federal appellate courts in the United States.
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