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IN RE MATTER UNDER INVESTIGATION

Nos. 2007-KK-1853, 2007-KK-1870, 2008-CC-1066.

15 So.3d 972 (2009)

In re A MATTER UNDER INVESTIGATION. In re A Matter Under Investigation. Jane and John Does v. Charles C. Foti, Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Eddie Jordan, District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, Frank Minyard, Coroner for the Parish of Orleans, Rose Agnes Savoie, Cable News Network, Inc., The Times Picayune, LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley, Willis & Swanson, James Richard Swanson, Loretta Gallaher Mince, Lance C. McCardle, New Orleans, for Applicant in 2007-KK-1853 and 2008-CC-1066.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Carles H. Braud, Jr., Arthur Falls Schafer, Frederick Albert Duhy, Jr., Virginia Gerace Benoist, Burton Paul Guidry, Dana K. Jones, Emalie Anne Boyce, Assistant Attorneys General; Robert Louis Freeman, Jr., District Attorney, Michael Gerard Morales, Assistant District Attorney; Liskow & Lewis, Brian Anthony Jackson, New Orleans, Michael David Rubenstein; Gerger & Clarke, Shaun Gerard Clarke; Blue Williams, Kurt Stephen Blankenship, Mandeville; Cruel, Castaing & Lilly, Edward Joseph Castaing, Jr., New Orleans; Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Richard Terrell Simmons, Jr., Metairie; John Edward Di Giulio; for Respondent in 2007-KK-1853.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Charles H. Braud, Jr., Arthur Falls Schafer, Frederick Albert Duhy, Jr., Virginia Gerace Benoist, Burton Paul Guidry, Dana K. Jones, Emalie Anne Boyce, Assistant Attorneys General; for Applicant in 2007-KK-1870.

Robert Louis Freeman, Jr., District Attorney, Michael Gerard Morales, Assistant District Attorney; Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley, Willis & Swanson, James Richard Swanson, Loretta Gallaher Mince, Lance C. McCardle, New Orleans; Liskow & Lewis, Brian Anthony Jackson, Michael David Rubenstein; Gerger & Clarke, Shaun Gerard Clarke, Blue Williams, Kurt Stephen Blankenship, Mandeville; Cruel, Castaing & Lilly, Edward Joseph Castaing, Jr., New Orleans; Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Richard Terrell Simmons, Jr., Metairie; John Edward Di Giulio, Baton Rouge, for Respondent in 2007-KK-1870.

Law Offices of James E. Boren, James Edgar Boren, Baton Rouge; Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, C. William Bradley, Jr., Bradley Russell Belsome; Capitelli & Wicker, Ralph Capitelli, New Orleans; Crull, Castaing & Lilly, Edward Joseph Castaing, Jr., New Orleans; Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Metairie, Murray, Recile, Griffith, Stakelum & Hayes, Michael H. Ellis, Metairie; Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Pauline Fransen Hardin, Virginia W. Gundlach, Stephen J. Haedicke, New Orleans; Shows, Cali, Berthelot & Walsh, Baton Rouge, Edmond Wade Shows; King, Krebs & Jurgens, Lindsay Alexis Larson, III, New Orleans; Law Offices of Michael J. Samanie, Houma, Stephen Scott Stipelcovich, Michael J. Samanie, Houma; Busch & Myers, Mark Christopher Carver, New Orleans; Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton, & Alford, Vicki Ann Elmer, New Orleans; Flanagan Partners, Thomas More Flanagan, New Orleans; Preston Law Firm, Paul Gregory Preston, New Orleans; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Wayne B. Mason; Clayton & Fruge, Antonio Marcell Clayton; Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Richard Terrell Simmons, Jr., Metairie; Liskow & Lewis, Brian Anthony Jackson, New Orleans; Gerger & Clarke, Shaun Gerard Clarke; Garrison, Yount, Forte & Mulcahy, Scott Parker Yount; Gulf Law Group, Pamela Joy Lormand; Robert C. Jenkins, Jr. & Associates, Robert Charles Jenkins, Jr.; Stephen David London; Clarence Roby, Jr., New Orleans; David Frederick Craig, Jr.; John Edward Di Giulio, Baton Rouge; Ralph Shipley Whalen, Jr.; Bruce Gerard Whittaker; Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Charles H. Braud, Jr., Mary Ellen Hunley, Richard Lee McGimsey, Dana K. Jones, Emalie Anne Boyce, Assistant Attorneys General; Robert Lewis Freeman, Jr., District Attorney; Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins & Blau, Charles W. Blau, Pro Hac Vice, for Respondent in 2008-CC-1066.

KIMBALL, Chief Justice.*

The matters of 2007-KK-1853 and 2007-KK-1870 involve the issue of whether the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court properly ordered the return of documents and copies thereof that were produced pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum pursuant to La. R.S. 15:41. For the reasons that follow, we find that because documents and copies of documents produced pursuant to a subpoena...

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