Gannett Co., Inc. v. State

MOORE, Justice,

for the majority.

We accepted this expedited interlocutory appeal to consider an issue of first impression — whether the news media have a qualified first amendment right to require announcement of jurors’ names during a highly publicized first degree murder trial, even though the parties have full access to such information and the proceedings are otherwise open to the public. The Gannett Company (“Gannett”), publisher of the News-Journal, a daily statewide newspaper in Delaware, appeals from a pretrial order (the “Order”) of the Superior Court directing the Prothonotary to…