1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 283 N.W.2d
  5. 283 N.W.2d 563 (1979)
 

RAPID CITY JOURNAL v. CIRCUIT COURT, ETC.

No. 12353.

283 N.W.2d 563 (1979)

RAPID CITY JOURNAL COMPANY, a corporation, Petitioner, v. The CIRCUIT COURT OF the SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WITHIN AND FOR PENNINGTON COUNTY, South Dakota, and the Honorable Merton B. Tice, Jr., Judge of Said Court, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Reassigned January 11, 1979.

Decided September 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard O. Gregerson, of Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, Richard M. Schmidt, Jr., Martin J. Gaynes, and Ian D. Volner, of Cohn & Marks, Washington, D. C., for amici curiae, American Society of Newspaper Editors, National Newspaper Ass'n, Radio Television News Directors Ass'n, The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press Legal Defense and Research Fund, and The South Dakota Press Assn.

James R. Cregan, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for National Newspaper Assn.

Jack C. Landau, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for The Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press.

J. Laurent Scharff, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for Radio Television News Directors Assn.

George A. Bangs, of Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons, Rapid City, for petitioner.

Bruce A. Hubbard, of Morrill, Hansen & Hubbard, Sturgis, for respondents.

MORGAN, Justice (on reassignment).

In this original action in certiorari, the Rapid City Journal Company (petitioner) challenges the action of the trial court in closing to the public the jury voir dire portion of a criminal trial for second-degree manslaughter allegedly resulting from an abortion. The closure orders in question had expired by the time the petition for certiorari was filed, but, for reasons later discussed, we agreed to issue the writ and consider...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases