S?h?nil Lyra,? IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, STACEY HANEY, et a1., CIVIL DIVISION Plaintiffs, Docket No. 2012--3534 ENTRY 0F OPIHIGE, UEDER. . RANGE ADJUDICATION on JUDGMENT arms (a - ?1 49 LLC, et al., MAILED l0 44- 1 Cl nob +r?jij/J?f 55/7, Defendants. ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 4th day of June, 2019, the matter before the Court is whether the Court?s Order of May 340, 2019, enjoining Reid Frazier, WESA, Allegheny Front, and State Impact from publishing or disseminating the August 30, 2018 Order by the Court which was ?led under seal should continue. The right of the press pursuant to the First Amendment and Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution must be considered. A prior restraint on the press is only allowed in exceptional circumstances. See Near v. Minnesota, 283 US. 697 (1931). Once a news organization lawfully obtains truthful information, the press cannot be punished for publishing the information. See Florida Star v. B.J.F., 491 US. 524 (1989); Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing 443 US. 97 (1979). The United States Supreme Court has declined to ?nd exceptional circumstances where the United States Government contended that publication of a classi?ed study on United States war policy would threaten national security, see N. Y. Times Co. v. United States, 403 US. 713 (1971), and where a rape victim?s identity was negligently disclosed to the press, see Florida Star, 491 US. at 524. Additionally, the US. Supreme Court has observed that the press cannot be ?prohibited from truthfully publishing information released to the public in of?cial court records.? 0k. Publishing Co. v. District Court, 430 US. 308 (1977) (quotation removed). Exceptional circumstances are not present here. Mr. Frazier obtained the sealed August 30, 2018 Order lawfully, due to an error of the Prothonotary?s Of?ce. THEREFORE, it is hereby ORDERED and DECREED that the May 30, 2019 Order is vacated and the injunction is dissolved. BY THE COURT: The Honorable Katherine B. Eme% Kimberly A. Brown, Esq. Erin McDowell, Esq. David A. Strassburger, Esq. Alan S. Miller, Esq. D. Matthew Jameson, 111, Esq. Frederick N. Frank, Esq.