Question Presented (from Petition)
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).
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
2022-01-10
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jack Jordan GRANTED.
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)