PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW - PELL V PROCUNIER AND SAXBE V WASHINGTON POST CO

• NCJ Number: 29568
• Journal: Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (SUMMER 1975) Pages: 829-858
• Author(s): L K ROCKWELL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 30 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DEMONSTRATION THAT MAJORITY OPINIONS IN PELL V PROCUNIER (1974) AND SAXBE V WASH POST CO (1974) ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER AND ROLE OF THE PRESS DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN SOCIETY AND PREVIOUS SUPREME COURT RULINGS.

Abstract

MAJORITY OPINION IN PELL AND SAXBE HELD THAT CALIFORNIA AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS PROHIBITING PRESS INTERVIEWS WITH INMATES IN THOSE PRISON SYSTEMS ARE NOT AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW. THE DISSENTING OPINION STATES THAT THE CURTAILMENT OF INFORMATION GATHERING BY THE PRESS RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS. THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT THE DISSENTERS' CONTENTION IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH PAST SUPREME COURT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE PRESS' ROLE.