Show I Star Session Justice decision of ot a D. New York supreme court THE justice upholding the thc right of newspapers to print news of star session trials trials trials-if if they can get it it win will be applauded by all who believe in i freedom of the press press w In Iii th this cas case Justice William F. F Bleakley reI re re- re- re I fused to cite a reporter for con contempt empt because he had bad written the story of a libel suit after the c court urt had sealed the papers in the action The reporter said he had obtained his news from sources independent of the court Justice Bleakley ruled that it is a fund fundamental amen tal principle of law that publication of an article may not be restrained in advance and he warned that unless that principle is observed in its strictest sense the right of the freedom of the press is abridged d. d Thus he struck at the growing practice of holding trials in secret and simultaneously reaffirmed reaffirmed reaf reaf- firmed constitutional guarantees of a newspaper newspapers newspaper's newspapers newspaper's news news- paper papers paper's s rights |