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    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, 

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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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           {¶ 1} 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.
         {¶ 2} 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.
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