Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1979

Birmingham Post Herald Newspaper v. Holladay

Birmingham Post Herald Newspaper v. Holladay
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided September 27, 1979
373 So. 2d 1234; 1979 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1491 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Birmingham Post Herald Newspaper v. Holladay

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

On authority of Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539, 96 S.Ct. 2791, 49 L.Ed.2d 683, and related cases, the judgment convicting The Birmingham Post Herald Newspaper and its reporter, Greg McDonald, for contempt of court is hereby reversed, and judgment is here rendered discharging the newspaper and the reporter from the fine and sentence imposed by the lower court. Said fine and sentence are hereby vacated and held for naught.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.

All the Judges concur.

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