What is the general right to inspect and copy judicial records and documents?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Rich v. Shrader, Civil No. 09cv652 AJB (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2013):

Courts have historically recognized a "general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents." Nixon v. Warner

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