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STAR-TELEGRAM, INC. v. WALKER

No. D-1464.

834 S.W.2d 54 (1992)

STAR-TELEGRAM, INC., d/b/a the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Richard Connor, Individually and as President of Star-Telegram, Inc., d/b/a Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Michael Blackman, Individually and as Executive Director of Star-Telegram, Inc., et al., Relators, v. The Honorable Jeff WALKER, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Williams, Fort Worth, for relators.

Mabel Murphy Simpson, Mark A. Haney, Roger Jeffrey Walker, Fort Worth, for respondent.

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

The issue before us in this mandamus proceeding is whether a trial court may issue a protective order to prohibit a newspaper from publishing information already disclosed in open court and made part of a trial court's public record. We hold that the trial court's protective order violates article I, section 8 of the Texas Constitution, because it unreasonably restricts expression by preventing the dissemination of public information...

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