UNITED STATES v. HARTE-HANKS NEWSPAPERS

No. 16927.

254 F.2d 366 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. HARTE-HANKS NEWSPAPERS, Abilene, Texas, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Friedman, Henry M. Stuckey, Paul A. Owens, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ernest L. Folk, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Dan Moody, Austin, Tex., T. J. McMahon, McMahon, Smart, Sprain & Wilson, Abilene, Tex., for appellees.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the validity vel non of an order of the court below, entered at the outset of a Grand Jury investigation, denying the Government the right to use before the Grand Jury information obtained by its agents in their examination of the books of the appellees, Harte-Hanks Newspapers, Banner Publishing Company, Marshall Publishing Company, and Denison Herald, Inc. The court entered the order granting appellees' motions...

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