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LAWSON v. MECONI

No. 252, 2005.

897 A.2d 740 (2006)

Lisa A. LAWSON, Petitioner Below, Appellant, v. Vincent MECONI, Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services, Richard T. Callery, M.D., Medical Examiner for the State of Delaware, Judith G. Tobin, M.D., Assistant Medical Examiner for the State of Delaware, Keith Banks, Chief of Police, Rehoboth Beach Police Department, Kenneth H. McMahon, Chairman, Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission, Willard F. Preston, III, individually and as Fire Marshal of the State of Delaware, Respondents Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 3, 2006.

As Corrected April 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Phillips, Joseph James Farnan, III and Brian E. Farnan (argued), Phillips, Goldman and Spence, Wilmington, DE, for appellant.

Ann Woolfolk (argued), James J. Hanley, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for State defendants-appellees and Walter W. Speakman, Jr. (argued), City Solicitor, Town of Rehoboth, Dover, DE, for Rehoboth Police Chief, Keith Banks, defendant-appellee.

Richard G. Elliott, Jr., Chad M. Shandler, Alyssa M. Schwartz, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE, amicus curiae, for The Maryland Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices (constituting the Court en Banc).

HOLLAND, Justice:

The petitioner-appellant, Lisa A. Lawson ("Mrs. Lawson"), filed this action for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prohibit the public dissemination of information concerning the death of her husband, Duane L. Lawson ("Mr. Lawson"), by various government officials. These officials include: Vincent Meconi ("Meconi"), Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services, Richard T. Callery...

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