DOE v. SALMON

No. 39-77.

378 A.2d 512 (1977)

John DOE et al. v. Thomas P. SALMON et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Kenney, Burlington, for plaintiffs.

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen., and Louis P. Peck, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, for defendants.

Clarke A. Gravel and Brooke Pearson, of Gravel, Shea & Wright, Burlington, for defendant-intervenor McClure Newspapers, Inc.

Paul D. Sheehey, Burlington, for defendant-intervenor Mt. Mansfield Television, Inc.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and DALEY, LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ.


DALEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Franklin Superior Court enjoining the former Governor of this State and other named public officials from disclosing to the general public and news media any information relating to certain full pardons granted prior to July 1, 1976. The action was instituted as a class action by the chairman of the Vermont Parole Board and an unnamed pardon recipient.

The facts are not disputed, having been the subject...

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