Judge denies Idaho Business Review's stay request

An Idaho judge has denied a request for a stay of judgment in a lawsuit involving the Idaho Business Review and the Idaho Statesman and where legal notices should be published.

A short story in the Statesman noted, “That means the ruling will hold for now, but the Supreme Court will consider the Review’s appeal around Aug. 22.

“The Idaho Statesman, Idaho’s largest newspaper, sued the weekly business newspaper over its publication of certain legal notices. The Statesman argued that state law said the notices must be published in the newspaper with the largest circulation. Fourth District Judge Deborah Bail agreed in her May 18 ruling, saying the law’s reference to a ‘newspaper of general circulation’ meant the area’s paper with the largest circulation.

“The Review wants the Supreme Court to consider whether the requirement that certain legal advertising run in the paper with the largest paid circulation applies to government postings only — not nongovernment advertisers — and whether Bail’s May finding renders a portion of state law unconstitutional.”

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