Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 23:20:59 GMT -6
Salt Lake City's two daily newspapers are seeking to derail a lawsuit targeting their business operations.
After almost two years of litigation, attorneys for The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News have filed motions asserting that a grass-roots group suing them over their partnership lacks legal standing to proceed because it doesn't have official members.
They are asking U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish to halt a court-ordered exchange of documents and convene a hearing on whether Citizens for Two Voices has a valid stake to move forward with its challenge.
The group of former Tribune employees and other community members sued owners of the two dailies in June 2014, aiming to undo changes to the papers' longstanding joint-operating agreement (JOA) they contend have damaged The Tribune's financial status and threaten its survival.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3680634-155/new-twist-in-lawsuit-against-salt
After almost two years of litigation, attorneys for The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News have filed motions asserting that a grass-roots group suing them over their partnership lacks legal standing to proceed because it doesn't have official members.
They are asking U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish to halt a court-ordered exchange of documents and convene a hearing on whether Citizens for Two Voices has a valid stake to move forward with its challenge.
The group of former Tribune employees and other community members sued owners of the two dailies in June 2014, aiming to undo changes to the papers' longstanding joint-operating agreement (JOA) they contend have damaged The Tribune's financial status and threaten its survival.
Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/3680634-155/new-twist-in-lawsuit-against-salt