ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. v. COLBY

Nos. 74-1478, 74-1479.

509 F.2d 1362 (1975)

ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC., et al., Appellees, v. William COLBY, as Director of Central Intelligence of the United States, and Henry Kissinger, as Secretary of State of the United States, Appellants. ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC., et al., Appellants, v. William COLBY, as Director of Central Intelligence of the United States, and Henry Kissinger, as Secretary of State of the United States, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1975.

Certiorari Denied April 14, 1975.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Abrams, New York City (Eugene R. Scheiman, Loretta A. Preska and Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, on brief), for Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Melvin L. Wulf, New York City (John H. F. Shattuck, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, on brief), for Marchetti and Marks.

Irwin Goldbloom, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice (Carla A. Hills, Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., David J. Anderson and Raymond D. Battocchi, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, John S. Warner, Gen. Counsel, Lawrence R. Houston and John K. Greaney, Attys., C. I. A., Mark B. Feldman, Deputy Legal Adviser, and K. Eugene Malmborg, Asst. Legal Adviser, Dept. of State, on brief), for William Colby and Henry Kissinger.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 14, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1555.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1999.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

This is a sequel to United States v. Marchetti, 4 Cir., 466 F.2d 1309 in which, because of a secrecy agreement he had executed, we upheld an injunction prohibiting Marchetti's public disclosure of classified information acquired by him during the course of his employment by the Central Intelligence...

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