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COURIER-JOURNAL AND LOUISVILLE TIMES COMPANY v. MEIGS

646 S.W.2d 724 (1983)

The COURIER-JOURNAL AND LOUISVILLE TIMES COMPANY and Anne Pardue, Appellants, v. Hon. Henry MEIGS, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Appellee, and The LEXINGTON-HERALD-LEADER COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. Hon. Henry MEIGS, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon L. Fleischaker, Sheryl G. Snyder, Kimberly K. Greene, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Citizens Plaza, Louisville, for appellants, Courier-Journal and Anne Pardue.

Michael L. Judy, Johnson, Judy, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Frankfort, for appellant, Lexington Herald-Leader.

Larry Cleveland, Frankfort, for appellee.

OPINION AND ORDER

This appeal is from a Court of Appeals' order dismissing for reasons of mootness an original action filed in the Court of Appeals against Judge Henry Meigs of the Franklin Circuit Court. The appeal challenges Judge Meigs' exclusion of the press from the jury voir dire examination in a criminal prosecution for murder.

It is the opinion of this Court that it was error to dismiss the action as moot. An exception to the mootness doctrine is...

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