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MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO. v. SCHUMACHER

No. C8-86-65.

392 N.W.2d 197 (1986)

MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE CO., Gannett Broadcasting, Inc., Joint Media Committee of Minnesota, Inc., Midwest Radio and Television, et al., Society of Professional Journalists, Respondents, v. The Honorable Robert H. SCHUMACHER, Judge of Hennepin County District Court, Bradley A. Wicks, Executor for the Estate of E. Allen Wicks, and Janenne M. Wicks, deceased, et al., Petitioners, Appellants, Edward F. Stasik, Trustee for the Heirs and Next-of-Kin of Agnes R. Yakymi, f/k/a Agnes R. Stasik, decedent, Respondent, Galaxy Airline, Inc., and Hy Thayer, petitioners, Appellants, Desert Palace, Inc., et al., Defendants, Catherine Aune, as Trustee for the Heirs and Next-of-Kin of Gordon G. Aune, decedent, Connie Granfors, as Trustee for the Heirs of Mary Granfors, Deceased; Connie Granfors, as Trustee for the Heirs of Jack Granfors, Deceased, Petitioner, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Catharine F. Haukedahl, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Judge Schumacher.

Erik J. Magnuson, James L. Foreman, Mary Cade, Minneapolis, for Bradley Wicks.

Boyd H. Ratchye, Donald W. Niles, St. Paul, for Galaxy.

Robert Johnson, Scott Koch, St. Paul, for Catherine & Gordon Aune.

Randall, Parmater, & Nereauv, Wayzata, for Mary & Connie Granfors.

Patricia A. Hirl, Minneapolis, for Mpls. Star & Trib.

Leslie J. Anderson, Minneapolis, for Gannett Broadcasting.

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

Mark R. Anfinson, Minneapolis, for MN Newspaper Assn.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

The narrow question presented by this case is what legal standard applies when a party seeks to restrict access to settlement documents and transcripts that are made part of a civil court file by statute.

I.

In September and October of 1985, Judge Robert H. Schumacher of the Hennepin County District Court issued four orders directing that five civil court files be sealed. The files involved wrongful death suits that had been...

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