WICHITA EAGLE BEACON CO. v. OWENS

No. 87,132.

271 Kan. 710 (2001)

27 P.3d 881

THE WICHITA EAGLE BEACON COMPANY, d/b/a THE WICHITA EAGLE, and MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC., d/b/a KWCH-TV CHANNEL 12, Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE CLARK v. OWENS II, DISTRICT JUDGE, DISTRICT COURT OF SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Rhodes and Blaine C. Kimrey, of Lathrop & Gage, L.C., Kansas City, Missouri, were on the pleadings for petitioners The Wichita Eagle Beacon Company, d/b/a The Wichita Eagle, and Media General Operations, Inc., d/b/a/ KWCH-TV Channel 12, and Susan Tillotson Mills and Rachel Fugate, of Holland & Night L.L.P., Tampa, Florida, were on the pleadings for Petitioner Media General Operations, Inc., d/b/a KWCH-TV Channel 12.


Per Curiam:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus filed by The Wichita Eagle Beacon Company, d/b/a The Wichita Eagle, and Media General Operations, Inc., d/b/a KWCH-TV Channel 12, (Petitioners) to compel the Honorable Clark V. Owens II, District Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District (Respondent) to allow Petitioners to intervene in five Sedgwick County District Court criminal cases for the limited purpose of challenging orders sealing certain...

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