DES MOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE CO. v. HILDRETH

No. 53855.

181 N.W.2d 216 (1970)

DES MOINES REGISTER AND TRIBUNE COMPANY and A. Edward Heins, Appellants, v. Wilbur T. HILDRETH, Sheriff of Polk County, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Riley, of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Davis, and Hedo Zacherle, Des Moines, for appellants.

Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., and Ronald Kuntz, Asst. County Atty., Des Moines, for appellee.


REES, Justice.

This is an appeal from interlocutory ruling of the trial court ordering hearing on the trial of the cause be closed to the public. We conclude the trial court erred, and reverse.

Plaintiff Des Moines Register and Tribune Company is a corporation, and is a news medium engaged in the publication of a daily morning newspaper known as The Des Moines Register, a daily evening newspaper known as Des Moines Tribune, and a Sunday morning newspaper known...

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