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STATE EX REL. LINCOLN JOURNAL v. HUSTEAD

No. 35734.

716 S.E.2d 507 (2011)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. The LINCOLN JOURNAL, INC., Thomas A. Robinson, Individually, and Ron Gregory, Individually, Petitioners v. Honorable F. Jane HUSTEAD, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County; and Timothy Butcher and Bobby Adkins, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Allen Barnette, Esq. , Pamela D. Tarr, Esq. , Vivian H. Basdekis, Esq. , Jackson Kelly, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Petitioners.

Thomas E. Scarr, Esq. , Gary A. Matthews, Esq. , Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, Huntington, WV, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:

In this original jurisdiction action, the petitioners, The Lincoln Journal, Inc., Thomas A. Robinson, and Ron Gregory, seek a writ of prohibition against the Honorable F. Jane Hustead, Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia, from enforcing a September 14, 2010, order compelling petitioners to reveal alleged confidential and First Amendment privileged news sources and news-gathering materials.1 Petitioners assert that...

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