Legal Opinion
Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Schumacher
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 27, 1986No. C8-86-65PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POPOVICH, Chief Judge.
After discussion of completed settlements in open court, the trial court ordered complete files of five wrongful death suits sealed. A motion by Minneapolis Star and Tribune to reconsider sealing was denied. Media representatives now seek a writ of prohibition to prevent enforcement of the orders sealing files. We vacate the orders sealing the files.
FACTS
This case involves five wrongful death suits filed in Minnesota on behalf of passengers killed in the January 1985 crash of a Galaxy Airlines plane near Reno, Nevada. The parties reached settlements which were…
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