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MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHERS CORP. v. COLEMAN

No. DP-27.

515 So.2d 1163 (1987)

MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHERS CORPORATION v. The Honorable William F. COLEMAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Seventh Circuit Court District for the State of Mississippi, Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., Julie E. Chaffin, Terryl K. Rushing, Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald G. Barlow and Felicia C. Adams, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Stephen B. Bright, Palmer Singleton & Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for Marion A. Pruett, defendant.

En Banc.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This matter is before the Court on Mississippi Publishers Corporation's petition for a writ of mandamus or other extraordinary relief. Petitioner seeks an order requiring the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Judge William Coleman presiding, to vacate certain orders having the effect of closing the files and pre-trial proceedings in this cause to the press and public.

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