Legal Opinion

Forum Communications Co. v. Paulson

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 2008No. 20080052PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Forum Communications Company petitioned for a supervisory writ directing district court Judge John T. Paulson to vacate his order sealing juror questionnaires and any other information that would help identify the full names of jurors in the concluded Bismarck murder trial of Moe Maurice Gibbs. We exercise our original jurisdiction and issue a supervisory writ reversing the district court’s order and directing the court to consider Forum Communications’ request for information under the guidelines specified in this opinion.

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[¶ 2] Gibbs was charged in Barnes County with…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Waller v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. In Re Globe Newspaper Company, United States of America v. Edmund M. Hurley, Appeal of Globe Newspaper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  4. Holbach v. City of MinotNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. GibbsNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009

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