STATE EX REL. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING CO. v. CUYAHOGA CTY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

No. 00-301.

90 Ohio St.3d 272 (2000)

THE STATE EX REL. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Hostetler L.L.P., Kyle B. Fleming and Jeffrey T. Williams, for relator.

Gold, Schwartz & Co., L.P.A., Niki Z. Schwartz, Orville E. Stifel II and Jennifer E. Schwartz, for respondent.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Randi Marie Ostry, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

David H. Hoffmann, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Friedman & Gilbert, Terry H. Gilbert, Gordon S. Friedman and George H. Carr, in support of respondent, for amicus curiae Charles Murray, special administrator of the estate of Samuel H. Sheppard.


The cause is dismissed because the issue is now moot.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

COOK, J., dissents.

COOK, J., dissenting. I would grant the writ. Though an opinion by this court at this juncture would not affect the case at bar, the decision could set parameters for...

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