PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, INC., the Associated Press, Central States Publishing Inc., the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable Domenic D. JEROME, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
EQUITABLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association and the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors, Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable Robert W. HONEYMAN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
MONTGOMERY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable Robert W. HONEYMAN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
MONTGOMERY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable Robert W. HONEYMAN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
EQUITABLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors, Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable Lawrence A. BROWN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
MONTGOMERY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable Lawrence A. BROWN, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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April 28, 1978.
April 28, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, David H. Marion, Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for petitioners at No. 384.
Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Arthur E. Newbold, IV, Philadelphia, for petitioner at Nos. 399 and 406.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Roberta S. Staats, Philadelphia, for petitioner at Nos. 400, 401 and 407.
Jonathan Vipond, III, Philadelphia, for respondent at Nos. 384, 399, 400, 401, 406 and 407.
Richard A. Sprague, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth at No. 384.
A. Charles Peruto, Philadelphia, for defendant at No. 384.
William T. Nicholas, Dist. Atty., Ross Weiss, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., Montgomery County, for Commonwealth at Nos. 399, 400, 401, 406 and 407.
Vincent J. Fumo, Philadelphia, for defendant at Nos. 399, 400 and 401.
Joseph C. Santaguida, Philadelphia, for defendant at Nos. 406 and 407.
Robert P. Kane, Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth at No. 406.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
Petitioner newspapers1 filed in this Court petitions for writs of mandamus and prohibition and for extraordinary relief, challenging the constitutionality of orders issued by respondent judges, upon the request of defendants in three criminal proceedings, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.2 Petitioners...
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