No. 21-659

Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al.

Lower Court: Puerto Rico
Docketed: 2021-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (5) Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights court-closure domestic-violence due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-proceedings press-rights public-access standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts may summarily close judicial proceedings and deny access to the official recordings of those proceedings without determining whether the First Amendment public access right attaches to them

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether courts may summarily close judicial proceedings and deny access to the official recordings of those proceedings without determining whether the First Amendment public access right attaches to them. 2. Whether Article 5.005 of Puerto Rico’s Judiciary Act of 2003, 4 L.P.R.A. § 25e, as construed by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court to require automatic closure of all domestic violence proceedings and the official recordings of those proceedings, violates the First Amendment public access right under Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, 457 U.S. 596 (1982). i

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jack Jordan GRANTED.
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-16
Supplemental brief of petitioner Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico filed.
2021-12-03
Brief amici curiae of Gannett Co., Inc., et al. filed.
2021-12-03
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jack Jordan.
2021-12-03
Brief of respondents Olga E. Costas Rodríguez and Alfonso Ruiz Pérez, next of kin to Andrea Cristina Ruiz Costas in support filed.
2021-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of Overseas Press Club of Puerto Rico filed.
2021-12-02
Brief amicus curiae of Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico filed.
2021-11-23
Letter pursuant to Rule 12.6 from counsel for petitioner filed.
2021-11-11
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico
2021-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico
David A. SchulzMedia Freedom and Information Access Clinic Abrams Institute Yale Law School, Petitioner
David A. SchulzMedia Freedom and Information Access Clinic Abrams Institute Yale Law School, Petitioner
Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico
Jessica Esther MendezBufete Emmanuelli, C.S.P., Amicus
Jessica Esther MendezBufete Emmanuelli, C.S.P., Amicus
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Omar Jose Andino FigueroaPuerto Rico Department of Justice, Respondent
Omar Jose Andino FigueroaPuerto Rico Department of Justice, Respondent
Gannett Co., Inc., The National Press Photographers Association, and The New York News Publishers Association
Michael John GrygielGreenberg Traurig, LLP, Amicus
Michael John GrygielGreenberg Traurig, LLP, Amicus
Jack Jordan
Jack Revels Tucker JordanJack Jordan, Amicus
Jack Revels Tucker JordanJack Jordan, Amicus
Olga E. Costas Rodríguez and Alfonso Ruiz Pérez, next of kin to Andrea Cristina Ruiz Costas
Rafael E. Rodriguez RiveraAccess to Information Clinic, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Respondent
Rafael E. Rodriguez RiveraAccess to Information Clinic, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Respondent
Overseas Press Club of Puerto Rico
Marta Ivette Figueroa TorresInter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Amicus
Marta Ivette Figueroa TorresInter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Amicus