CALDWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 26025.

434 F.2d 1081 (1970)

Application of Earl Caldwell and New York Times Company for an Order Quashing Grand Jury Subpoenas. Earl CALDWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony G. Amsterdam, Stanford, Cal. (argued); Chas. S. Ralston, San Francisco, Cal., and William B. Turner, NAACP Legal Defense, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Sidney M. Glazer (argued), Victor C. Woerheide, Richard L. Darst, Criminal Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C.; James L. Browning, Jr. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal. for appellee.

Melvin L. Wulf, Joel M. Gora, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, Paul N. Halvonik, Charles C. Marson, ACLU, San Francisco, Cal; A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Lawrence R. Sperber, ACLU, Los Angeles, Cal., Leo P. Larkin, Jr., Stanley Godofsky, John J. Sheehy, of Royall, Koegel & Wells, New York City, for The Washington Post Company and Newsweek, Inc., Irwin Karp, New Jersey, New Jersey, for Authors League of America, Inc.; John B. Bates, for New York Times; John Bates, of Pillsbury, Madison, & Sutro; Morris M. Doyle of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enerson, San Francisco, Cal.; Alan J. Hruska of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City; Rudolph Kass, of Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, Mass; Stanley Godofsky of Royall, Koegel & Wells, New York City; Robert M. Dunne of Dunne, Phelps & Mills, San Francisco, Cal., for amici curiae.

Before MERRILL and ELY, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge


MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Earl Caldwell appeals from an order holding him in contempt of court for disregard of an order directing him to appear before the Grand Jury of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California pursuant to a subpoena issued by the Grand Jury.

Appellant is a black news reporter for the New York Times. He has become a specialist in the reporting of news concerning the Black Panther Party. The Grand Jury is engaged...

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