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

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, No. CT-2021-0008 · judgment May 10, 2021

Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

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).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David A. Schulz
Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Abrams Institute Yale Law School

For respondent
Omar Jose Andino Figueroa
Puerto Rico Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Proceedings

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