REPORTERS COM. v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH

No. 76-2057.

593 F.2d 1030 (1978)

REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF the PRESS et al., Appellants, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1978.

As Amended December 12, 1978.

Certiorari Denied March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd N. Cutler, Washington, D. C., with whom David R. Anderson, Ronald J. Greene, William J. Kolasky, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Alan B. Sternstein, Rockville, Md., were on the brief, for appellants.

David Ginsburg, Washington, D. C., with whom Lee R. Marks, James E. Wesner, Washington, D. C., F. Mark Garlinghouse, New York City, James A. DeBois, San Francisco, Cal., Robert A. Levetown, and John M. Kelleher, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees American Tel. & Tel. Co. and Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co.

D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, Atty. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom George W. Calhoun and Stanley Dalton Wright, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee United States of America. Elizabeth Gere Whitaker, Atty. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee United States of America.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 5, 1979. See 99 S.Ct. 1431.

Certiorari Denied March 5, 1979. See 99 S.Ct. 1431.

Opinion for the Court filed by WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

Opinion filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and concurring in the result.

Dissenting opinion filed by J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

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