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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, NORTHERN DIVISION THE BALTIMORE SUN COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, * * * * * * * * * * * *

v. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., etc, et al., Defendants. * * * * * *

CIVIL NO. WDQ-04-3822

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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Baltimore Sun Company, David Nitkin, a Sun reporter, and Michael Olesker, a Sun columnist (collectively, "the Sun") have sued Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., the Governor of Maryland, Shareese DeLeaver, his Press Secretary, and Gregory Massoni, his Deputy Director of Communications and Press Secretary (collectively, "the Governor") for violation of the Sun's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. Pending are the Sun's motion for a preliminary injunction and the Governor's motion to dismiss.1 For the following reasons, the Sun's motion for preliminary injunction will be denied, and the Governor's motion to dismiss will be granted.

Also pending are the unopposed motion of the Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association, and similar organizations to intervene as amici curiae in support of the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and Leonard J. Kerpelman's petition to intervene as a third party counterclaimant against the Sun or as an amicus curiae. Kerpelman has been aggrieved by

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