Eric Williams covered the Sonics' last season in Seattle. A Tacoma native, Eric graduated from Mount Tahoma High and the University of Puget Sound.
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With the trial in federal court pitting the City of Seattle against the Sonics over terms of the KeyArena lease scheduled to start on Monday, members of the media were invited to meeting at the federal courthouse in Seattle today.
Chief Judge Robert Lasnik headed the meeting, with the main purpose of explaining the rules and regulations for folks in the media attending the trial.
Cameras, lab tops, cell phones and other electronic devices will not be allowed in the courtroom, so members of the media cannot take photographs or record audio in the courtroom or the overflow room for media members.
About 20 to 25 spots are allocated for media members in the courtroom. And between 40 to 50 spots will be made available for the public for each session. So, a lottery will determine which members of the public will receive spots in the morning session, which takes place from 9 a.m. to Noon. A separate lottery will determine spots for the afternoon session, which runs from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The lottery will be held each morning before the trial begins.
The courthouse opens at 8 a.m.
A Web site will be up by tomorrow that will provide information on the trial throughout the week. I'll post a link when it becomes available.
At the site people interested in the trial can purchase transcripts of the day's proceedings, which will be available by 8 p.m. for that day. The site also will include a list of witnesses that are expected to testify the following day.
I'll be attending each day and providing reports from the courthouse during breaks in the trail, which will include interviews from witnesses willing to comment and other tidbits happening throughout the day.
