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Article: Judge Hears Salt Lake Tribune Case
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- July 17, 2002
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ The Salt Lake Tribune's managers asked a federal
judge on Wednesday to let them keep running the paper while they continue
their legal fight to repurchase it.
U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart said he would rule quickly on
the request for an injunction but didn't say exactly when.
The agreement keeping the Tribune managers in place expires on July
31 and MediaNews Group Inc., which bought the paper 18 months ago,
is preparing to install its own leaders next month.
The attorney for the McCarthey family, which used to own a percentage
of the paper, wants to stop that from happening. Gary Bendinger said
because the family plans to buy back the ...