UNITED STATES v. DICKINSON

No. 71-3469.

465 F.2d 496 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry DICKINSON and Gibbs Adams, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Coates, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellants.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Mary Williams Cazalas, James D. Carriere, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and BELL and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The civil libertarians' nightmare with which we here are haunted presents a classic confrontation between "two of the most cherished policies of our civilization"1—freedom of the press, encased in the armor of the First Amendment, pitted against the right of the accused to a fair and impartial trial, shielded by the Sixth Amendment and reinforced in this case by a protective order of the District Court...

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