Legal Opinion
Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Kammeyer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 28, 1983No. C9-83-819PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YETKA, Justice.
Petitioner Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company is before the court seeking review of District Judge Daniel Kammeyer’s order closing a pretrial hearing to the press and public. This court stayed disposition of the petition pending briefing of five specified issues.
On November 18, 1982, Craig Swanson drove his car off the road in Elk River, Minnesota, and killed two teenage girls. He was charged with criminal negligence, and his case became the subject of wide media coverage. On May 19, 1983, venue was changed based on the finding that “dissemination of potentially prejudicial…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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