Legal Opinion
Federated Publications, Inc. v. Kurtz
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 1980No. 46124PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This case presents the question of whether a trial court properly barred the press and public from a pretrial suppression hearing. We hold that it did.
The stipulated facts giving rise to this action against a state officer are as follows:
On November 1, 1978, the State of Washington charged Jo Elliott Tharp with the crime of murder in the second degree, alleging that on March 30, 1978, Tharp had murdered William Ray Bond.
From April 1, 1978, through March 23, 1979, petitioner Federated Publications, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business in Whatcom County as the Bellingham Herald,…
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