McBURNEY v. YOUNG

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Leah Marie Nicholls , Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Appellants. Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Benjamin Adelbert Thorp, IV , Office of the County Attorney, Henrico, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen W. Bricker , Bricker Law Firm, PC, Richmond, Virginia; Brian Wolfman , Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Appellants. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, Stephen R. McCullough , Senior Appellate Counsel, Craig M. Burshem , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr. , County Attorney, Karen M. Adams , Senior Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney, Henrico, Virginia, for Appellees. Lucy A. Dalglish , Mark R. Caramanica , Christine L. Beckett , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia, for Amici Supporting Appellants; Kevin M. Goldberg , Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC, Arlington, Virginia, for American Society of News Editors, Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, and Maryland D.C. Delaware Broadcasters Association; David Ardia , Citizen Media Law Project, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Citizen Media Law Project; David M. Giles , Cincinnati, Ohio, for The E.W. Scripps Company; Peter Scheer , First Amendment Coalition, San Rafael, California, for First Amendment Coalition; Jonathan R. Donnellan , Hearst Corporation, New York, New York, for Hearst Corporation; Christopher J. Nolan , New York, New York, for Magazine Publishers of America, Incorporated; Beth R. Lobel , NBCUniversal Media, LLC, New York, New York, for NBCUniversal Media, LLC; Charles D. Tobin , Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, D.C., for The National Press Club; Mickey H. Osterreicher , Buffalo, New York, for National Press Photographers Association; Joyce Slocum , Denise Leary , Ashley Messenger , Washington, D.C., for NPR, Incorporated; Rene P. Milam , Arlington, Virginia, for Newspaper Association of America; Barbara L. Camens , Barr & Camens, Washington, D.C., for The Newspaper Guild-CWA; Jennifer Borg , General Counsel, North Jersey Media Group Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey, for North Jersey Media Group, Incorporated; Kathleen A. Kirby , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for Radio Television Digital News Association; Bruce W. Sanford , Bruce D. Brown , Laurie A. Babinski , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C., for Society of Professional Journalists; Frank D. LoMonte , Student Press Law Center, Arlington, Virginia, for Student Press Law Center; Andrew Lachow , Vice President and Deputy General Counsel-Litigation, Time Inc., New York, New York, for Time, Incorporated; Megan Rhyne , Virginia Coalition For Open Government, Williamsburg, Virginia, for Virginia Coalition for Open Government; Eric N. Lieberman , James A. McLaughlin , Washington, D.C., for The Washington Post, Amici Supporting Appellants. R. Lucas Hobbs , Elliott Lawson & Minor, PC, Bristol, Virginia, for Amici Supporting Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge GREGORY joined.