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P. A. M. NEWS CORPORATION v. HARDIN

No. 23015.

440 F.2d 255 (1971)

P. A. M. NEWS CORPORATION, L. F. M. News, Inc., Appellants, v. Clifford M. HARDIN, Individually and in his capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Raymond G. Larroca and Nathan Lewin, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and Alan S. Rosenthal and Stephen R. Felson, Attys., Department of Justice, were on the brief for appellees Hardin and the Department of Agriculture.

Messrs. Hugh B. Cox and Paul F. McArdle, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of the complaint of two private news wire services which sought to enjoin the Secretary of Agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture (the USDA), and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) from operating a government news wire service in competition with the appellants.

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