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STATE v. COE

No. 49104-6.

101 Wn.2d 364 (1984)

679 P.2d 353

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. MAYMERUTH COE, Defendant, KHQ, INC., Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, P.S., by Duane M. Swinton and E. Glenn Harmon, for appellant.

Carl Maxey and George D. Conrad, for respondent.

P. Cameron DeVore and Daniel M. Waggoner on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers and Floyd Abrams and Stephen E. De Forest on behalf of National Broadcasting Company, National Association of Broadcasters, Radio-Television News Directors Association, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, amici curiae for appellant.

Fredric C. Tausend, amicus curiae for respondent.

UTTER, J.

The trial court held a radio and television station in contempt for violating a court order prohibiting the broadcast of accurate, lawfully obtained copies of tape recordings that had been played in open court. We hold that such an order is void under the free speech and press provisions of the Washington and United States Constitutions, and therefore reverse the conviction.

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MaymeRuth Coe (Coe) was on trial from May 17 to 25, 1982, in...

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