Rodney D. DRIVER et al., Appellees,
v.
Richard HELMS et al., Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 8, 1978.
Decided May 25, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Walter H. Fleischer, Washington, D. C., Donald J. Cohn and Jacquelin A. Swords, New York City, with whom Earl Nemser, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, George M. Vetter, Jr., Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Providence, R. I., Seymour Glanzer, Kenneth Adams, Joel Kleinman, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D. C., James V. Kearney, Nancy E. Friedman, Webster & Sheffield, New York City, Alan T. Dworkin, Aisenberg & Dworkin, Joseph V. Cavanagh, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Providence, R. I., Charles R. Donnenfeld, Cameron M. Blake, Rodney F. Page, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., Guy J. Wells, Dayton, Ohio, Gunning, LaFazia & Gnys, Inc., Providence, R. I., Alfred F. Belcuore, Cole & Groner, P. C., Washington, D. C., Harry W. Asquith, Edward W. Moses, Swan, Kenney, Jenckes & Asquith, Providence, R. I., Wallace L. Duncan, Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer, Joseph Dailey, Memphis, Tenn., and Breed, Abbott & Morgan, Washington, D. C., were on briefs for appellants.
Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, with whom Clark, Wulf & Levine, Burt Neuborne, New York City, Richard W. Zacks, Winograd, Shine & Zacks, Providence, R. I., and Joel M. Gora, New York City, were on brief, for appellees.
Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Lincoln C. Almond, U. S. Atty., Providence, R. I., Robert E. Kopp and Paul Blankenstein, Attys., Appellate Section, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief for United States, amicus curiae.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellees brought this action in 1975 in the federal district court for the district of Rhode Island on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. Their complaint alleges that the defendants-appellants 1 illegally interfered with their mail, thereby violating appellees' rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments. The suit seeks damages...
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