CINCINNATI GAS AND ELEC. CO. v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

Nos. 87-3950, 87-4054.

854 F.2d 900 (1988)

The CINCINNATI GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY; the Dayton Power and Light Company; Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; Sargent and Lundy Engineers, and the individual partners of Sargent and Lundy, Defendants-Appellees, The Cincinnati Post, a division of the E.W. Scripps Company; Dayton Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Dayton Daily News and Journal Herald; the Dispatch Printing Company d/b/a the Columbus Dispatch, Non-Party Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Patsfall, John Flessa, Wood & Lamping, Cincinnati, Ohio, Bruce W. Sanford (argued), Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., David L. Marburger, Caryn L. Zimmerman, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for non-party appellants.

Robert G. Stachler, Cincinnati, Ohio, for CG & E.

Stephen F. Koziar, Dayton, Ohio, for Dayton Power.

Michael P. Graney, A. Joseph Dowd, John B. Shinnock, Columbus, Ohio, for Columbus & Southern Ohio Elec. Co.

Dale A. Baich, amicus curiae, for Ohio Citizens for Responsible Energy, Inc.

Before KEITH, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, The Cincinnati Post, et al., appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 from orders issued by the district court on September 14, 1987, October 5, 1987, and November 20, 1987, which appellants contend denied them their first amendment right of access to the summary jury trial conducted in the underlying action. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the district court.

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