SMITH v. NIXON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Friedman, New York City, with whom Floyd Abrams, New York City, Gerald J. Brown, Washington, D.C., and James C. Goodale, New York City, were on brief, for appellants.

Lubomyr M. Jachnycky, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert L. Keuch, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., and George W. Calhoun and Benjamin C. Flannagan, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees Richard M. Nixon et al.

John M. Kelleher, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael Boudin, Timothy A. Harr, and Douglass J. McCollum, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, ROBINSON, Circuit Judge, and GESELL, District Judge.