Case Title: State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas

Citation: 2000-Ohio-74

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2000-11-08T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of 
Common Pleas, 90 Ohio St.3d 272, 2000-Ohio-74.] 
 
 
 
THE STATE EX REL. PLAIN DEALER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. COURT OF COMMON 
PLEAS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of 
Common Pleas (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 272.] 
Complaint dismissed because issue now moot. 
(No. 00-301 — Submitted September 26, 2000 — Decided November 8, 2000.) 
IN PROHIBITION. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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 future cases.