MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE CO. v. LEE

No. C6-84-1436.

353 N.W.2d 213 (1984)

MINNEAPOLIS STAR AND TRIBUNE COMPANY, La Crosse Tribune Company, and Northwest Publications, Inc., Petitioners, v. Honorable Robert E. LEE Judge of County Court for Houston County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Hirl, Minneapolis, for petitioners.

Paul R. Hannah, St. Paul, for Northwest Publications, Inc.

Robert E. Lee, pro se.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and FOLEY and WOZNIAK, JJ.


POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

FACTS

The petitioners request a writ of prohibition. In June 1984, the trial court issued an order that all parties in what was presumably a juvenile dependency case cease and desist from publishing letters or statements having to do with the proceeding. Subsequently, the minor's parents wrote two letters to the editor of a newspaper in the area. On July 27, 1984, the trial court, believing the letters to be a violation of its order...

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