APPLICATION OF U. S. IN MATTER OF ORDER, ETC.

No. 1068, Docket 76-1155.

538 F.2d 956 (1976)

Application of the UNITED STATES of America In the Matter of an ORDER AUTHORIZING the USE OF A PEN REGISTER or Similar Mechanical Device.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Ashley, New York City (Frank R. Natoli and Robert E. Scannell, New York City, on the brief), for movant-appellant N. Y. Tel. Co.

Peter D. Sudler, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, New York City (Thomas J. Cahill, Acting U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., and T. Barry Kingham, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee U. S.

Before MEDINA, FEINBERG and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge:

This important and interesting case involves the Government's application for an order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register, and directing the New York Telephone Company to provide information, facilities and technical assistance to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the installation and operation of the device. A pen register is a mechanical instrument attached to a telephone line, usually at a central...

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