State Ex Rel. KOIN-TV, Inc. v. Olsen

Is the operator of a television broadcasting station entitled to copy the videotape of a civil defendant’s testimony after a trial in which that videotape was played to a jury in open court, marked as an exhibit and received in evidence? We hold that there is no entitlement.

The matter is before us on a motion to dismiss 1 our alternative writ of mandamus commanding the defendant to permit copying or to show cause for his failure to do so. Defendant is the circuit court judge who presided over trial of a civil action in Multnomah County Circuit Court for damages for defamation by one Quick…