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MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE v. KAMMEYER

No. C9-83-819.

341 N.W.2d 550 (1983)

MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Honorable Daniel KAMMEYER, Respondent, Craig Swanson, Respondent, State of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Hirl, Minneapolis, for petitioner.

John F. MacGibbon, Sherburne County Atty., Elk River, for respondents.

Michael Vitt, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi (MN. Chapt.).

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender and Michael F. Cromett, Kathy King and Mark F. Anderson, Asst. State Public Defenders, Minneapolis, amici curiae.

Oppenheimer, Wolff, Foster, Shepard & Donnelly, Paul R. Hannah and Paula D. Osborn, St. Paul, for amici curiae Northwest Publications, Inc., WCCO-TV, Inc., WTCN Television.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

YETKA, Justice.

Petitioner Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company is before the court seeking review of District Judge Daniel Kammeyer's order closing a pretrial hearing to the press and public. This court stayed disposition of the petition pending briefing of five specified issues.

On November 18, 1982, Craig Swanson drove his car off the road in Elk River, Minnesota, and killed two teenage girls. He was charged with criminal negligence, and his case became...

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