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HEARST COMMUNICATIONS v. SEATTLE TIMES CO.

No. 75400-4.

115 P.3d 262 (2005)

HEARST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Texas Newspaper, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as General Partners of the Hearst Newspapers Partnership, L.P., owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Petitioner, v. SEATTLE TIMES CO., a Delaware corporation, Respondent, and Committee for a Two-Newspaper Town, an unincorporated association, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dmitri L. Iglitzin, Schwerin Campbell Barnard LLP, Kelly Patrick Corr, Guy Paul Michelson, Kelsey Linn Joyce, Corr Cronin LLP, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Marvin Lee Gray, Stephen Michael Rummage, Douglas C. Ross, Seattle, for Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 We are asked to interpret the Joint Operating Agreement between the two daily metropolitan newspapers serving the greater Seattle area. We are told that our decision could lead to the closing of one of these newspapers. The advantages of having two great newspapers in our state's largest city, each with an independent editorial and reportorial voice, are numerous and we do not address our task lightly. Our duty, however, is to interpret and apply...

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