IN RE MATTER ENTITLED STATE v. SPILLERS

No. 01-1098.

813 So.2d 1184 (2002)

In the MATTER ENTITLED STATE of Louisiana v. Elizabeth SPILLERS. In re Gannett Company, Inc. d/b/a The Advertiser.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Abell, Jr., Brent G. Sonnier, Onebane, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, LA, for Gannett Company, Inc. d/b/a The Advertiser.

Chester R. Cedars, Attorney at Law, Breaux Bridge, LA, for State of Louisiana.

George W. McHugh, Attorney at Law, St. Martinville, LA, for Elizabeth Spillers.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

This matter is before us pursuant to writ applications filed by Gannett Company, Inc. d/b/a/ The Advertiser (Gannett) with this court and the supreme court wherein it alleged that the trial court imposed on it "an unconstitutional prior restraint of freedom of speech, expression, and the press," in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution. Finding the record insufficient to sustain...

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