New York Times Co. v. Dist. Ct. (doe 1 Trust) (civil)

Summary

The Nevada Supreme Court granted a media coalition's mandamus petition challenging the blanket sealing of a trust case and closure of all proceedings. It held that the governing statutes authorize provisional sealing but require the district court to exercise continuing discretion, consider redaction and other less restrictive alternatives, and make specific findings supporting any continued restriction on access. The court declined to decide whether the First Amendment independently guarantees access to these trust proceedings because the statutory and common-law access principles resolved the petition. The court denied dismissal as moot because the access dispute was capable of repetition yet evading review and continued access to records and transcripts remained possible.