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ROSS v. BURNS

No. 77-1488.

612 F.2d 271 (1980)

Linda ROSS and Mary Wreford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William BURNS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheridan V. Holzman, Gen. Counsel, ACLU of Michigan, Detroit, Mich., David A. Barrett, Joel Gora, ACLU Foundation, Inc., New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. of Michigan, Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Thomas Casey, Max E. Simon, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., Robert E. Kostin, Waterford, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT, BROWN and BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Appellants Ross and Wreford were reporters for the Ann Arbor Sun (Sun), a local biweekly newspaper. On June 28, 1973, they went to the courthouse at Chelsea, Michigan, where appellee Burns, a Michigan State Police officer assigned to undercover narcotics enforcement duty, was scheduled to give testimony at a preliminary hearing. As Burns neared the court-house, Ross and Wreford...

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