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MURRAY v. LEACH

No. L-81-14-CA.

535 F.Supp. 765 (1981)

Joe MURRAY and Cox Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a the Lufkin News v. Sammy LEACH, Jr., John Dixon, and Marcus F. Vascocu.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Lufkin Division.

December 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. James George, Jr., John T. Anderson, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, Tex., Roger Ned Moss, Lufkin, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Mike Patterson, Grainger & Patterson, Tyler, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

STEGER, District Judge.

This case involves the propriety of an order entered by a state judge excluding the public and the press from pretrial proceedings in a civil case. Joe Murray and Cox Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a, The Lufkin News (plaintiffs or "the newspaper"), initiated this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking an injunction restraining the defendants from excluding members of the public and the press...

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