Legal Opinion
Hearst Corp. v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 5, 1984No. 97, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Chief Judge.
The “bottom line” of this appeal has been mooted by events. The mootness occurs because the day after the appeal was noted, the State provided The Hearst Corporation and the A.S. Abell Publishing Company, appellants, 1 with the information the publishers had sought from the presiding judge in a criminal trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Notwithstanding mootness, which mandates dismissal of this appeal, we deem it advisable to explicate News American v. State, 294 Md. 30, 447 A.2d 1264 (1982), because of the circuit court’s professed uncertainty as to what…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Megapulse, Inc. v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Edward J. Gurney, Miami Herald Publishing Company, Movant-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Park v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Group W Television, Inc. v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Gannett Co., Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
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