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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, INC. v. CRIMINAL GRAND JURY OF SANTA CLARA, H026796

A Grand Jury's post-testimony admonition, preventing defendant-newspaper from obtaining information from a Grand Jury Witness, is not a prior restraint of speech.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 09/15/2004
  • Published 09/15/2004

Judges

  •  PREMO, J.

Court

  • California Court of Appeal

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  •  Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Edward P. Davis, Jr., James M. Chadwick, Diana Ng, East Palo Alto, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

  • For Appellees:
  • Office of the County Counsel, Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Martin H. Dodd, Special Assistant County Counsel, Debra L. Cauble, Assistant County Counsel, Melissa R. Kiniyalocts, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents., California District Attorneys Association, David R. LaBahn, Sacramento, and George M. Palmer, Los Angeles, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
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