The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY et al.
v.
Richard G. KLEINDIENST, Acting Attorney General of the United States, et al., Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 30, 1972.
Decided September 6, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U.S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees. John A. Terry, Joseph M. Hannon, Michael A. Katz, and Robert D. Zsalman, U.S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellants.
Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles H. Wilson, Jr. and Richard M. Cooper, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.
Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, and Hope Eastman, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Tom Wicker and others as amici curiae urging affirmance.
Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
This case came on for hearing on an appeal from a ruling by the District Court, reflected in a memorandum opinion dated April 9, 1972, 357 F.Supp. 770, that the policy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in denying all requests by the press to interview designated prisoners violated the First Amendment. The Court directed the Bureau to modify its rules within 30 days to permit such interviews under terms...
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