BERRY v. PEOPLES BROADCASTING CORP.

No. 41A01-8704-CV-87.

514 N.E.2d 1283 (1987)

Michael R. BERRY and Rex E. Thompson, Individually and As Marion County Sheriff's Deputies, Appellants, v. PEOPLES BROADCASTING CORP., Videoindiana, Inc., Susquehana Broadcasting Company, Inc., d/b/a Radio Indianapolis, Inc., Tel-Am Corporation, McGraw Hill Broadcasting Corporation, Inc., Steven E. Sweitzer, Michael J. Androvett, Joseph Hallinan, (Plaintiffs) and Marion County Sheriff's Merit Board (Defendants), Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Ruckelshaus, John F. Kautzman, Ruckelshaus, Roland, Hasbrook & O'Connor, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Richard A. Waples, Indiana Civ. Liberties Union, Indianapolis, for appellees Peoples Broadcasting Corp., VideoIndiana, Inc., TelAm Corporation, Steven E. Sweitzer and Michael J. Androvett.

Robert P. Johnstone, Jan M. Carroll, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, for appellees Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., and Joseph Hallinan.


NEAL, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Michael R. Berry and Rex E. Thompson (the Deputies), third-party plaintiffs in trial court and appellants here, appeal a declaratory judgment rendered by the Johnson Circuit Court which permitted members of the news media to make reasonable use of tape recorders and cameras in a sheriff's merit board disciplinary hearing.

We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

The stipulated facts reveal that the Deputies...

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