State Ex Rel. Oregonian Publishing Co. v. Deiz

*279DENECKE, C. J.

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is the right of the press to attend all hearings in a juvenile court proceeding in which a 13-year-old girl was in custody in connection with the drowning of a younger child. The plaintiff, Oregonian Publishing Company, is a newspaper publisher; the plaintiff Whitney is a reporter employed by the Oregonian; the defendant is a circuit court judge.

Another judge started the juvenile proceeding and barred the press from the courtroom. The Oregonian nevertheless learned the identity of the 13-year-old juvenile and her identity was published in…