MICHIGAN BELL TEL. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 76-2202, 76-2203.

565 F.2d 385 (1977)

MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed October 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic L. Wyckoff, Detroit, Mich., for petitioner in No. 76-2202.

Richard E. Zuckerman, Detroit Strike Force, United States Dept. of Justice, C. Stanley Hunterton, Philip M. Van Dam, U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for respondent in No. 76-2202.

Conrad J. Ankiel, Frederic L. Wyckoff, Detroit, Mich., for petitioner in No. 76-2203.

C. Stanley Hunterton, Detroit Strike Force, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Richard E. Zuckerman, Philip M. Van Dam, U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for respondent in No. 76-2203.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) Does a United States district court have authority, upon showing of probable cause, to require a telephone company to install card drops and other mechanical or electrical devices designed to trap and trace incoming telephone calls? and (2) Does a district court have authority to direct the telephone company to perform manual tracing operations and provide the facilities and technical assistance...

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