KING v. JOWERS


12 S.W.3d 410 (1999)

Coretta Scott KING, Martin Luther King, III, Bernice King, Dexter Scott King, and Yolanda King, Plaintiffs, v. Loyd JOWERS, and other unknown co-conspirators, Defendants, and Memphis Publishing Company, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Pepper, Juliet Hill Akines, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiffs.

Lucian T. Pera, Kathy Laughter Laizure, Memphis, TN, for Intervenor.

Lewis K. Garrison, Sr., Memphis, TN, for Defendants.


O P I N I O N

PER CURIAM.

We granted the application for permission to appeal filed by Memphis Publishing Company,1 doing business as The Commercial Appeal ("MPC"), to consider whether the trial court had authority to deny MPC access to jury selection in a trial ongoing in the Circuit Court of Shelby County. For the reasons discussed, we find that the trial court did not have...

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