SOCIETY OF PROF. JOURNALISTS v. BULLOCK

No. 20595.

743 P.2d 1166 (1987)

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, UTAH CHAPTER, and KUTV, Inc., Petitioners, v. Honorable J. Robert BULLOCK, District Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer E. Austin, Alan L. Sullivan, and Patrick A. Shea, Salt Lake City, for petitioners.

David L. Wilkinson and Stephen Mikita, Salt Lake City, and Wayne B. Watson and Richard B. Johnson, Provo, for respondent.


ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court on a petition for an extraordinary writ filed pursuant to Rule 65B(b)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.1 The Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists petitions this Court to overturn an order of the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District denying the public access to pretrial proceedings held to determine Ronald Watson Lafferty's competence to stand trial....

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