U.S. v. LADD

No. 99-2301.

218 F.3d 701 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William D. LADD, Ronald D. Lowder and James R. Berger, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal of Associated Press, Chicago Tribune Company, Copley Press, Incorporated, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Chelsey (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Springfield, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald D. Lowder, U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, IL, pro se.

Joseph P. Thornton (argued), Craven & Thornton, Springfield, IL, for Associated Press.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us as a successive appeal to our earlier decision, In re Associated Press, 162 F.3d 503 (7th Cir.1998). In that decision, we held that media organizations covering the criminal trial of James Berger could intervene in the criminal proceedings for the limited purpose of seeking documents sealed by the district court. On remand, the district court unsealed numerous documents, but required...

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