CBS, INC. v. LIEBERMAN

No. 76 C 2928.

439 F.Supp. 862 (1976)

CBS, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. Marvin S. LIEBERMAN, Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Charles E. Freeman, C. Burtin Nelson, Alfred H. Reichman, and Helen D. Schmid, Members of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

September 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton N. Minow, Thomas H. Morsch, Merle L. Royce, II, Dale R. Crider, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Ralph E. Goldberg, Howard F. Jaeckel, CBS, Inc., New York City, for plaintiff.

Michael H. King, Donald Page Moore, Antonow & Fink, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

This action by plaintiff CBS, Inc. against defendants Marvin S. Lieberman, et al., the duly appointed members of the Illinois Commerce Commission, presents the question — Do those who disseminate news by television have a First Amendment right to film or videotape in an unobtrusive, non-disruptive manner the testimony of non-objecting witnesses and the arguments of non-objecting counsel at a non-adjudicatory...

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