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APPLICATIONS OF KANSAS CITY STAR

Nos. 81-1744, 81-1765.

666 F.2d 1168 (1981)

In re Applications of KANSAS CITY STAR; American Broadcasting Companies; Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Appeal of Allen DORFMAN and Roy L. Williams. In re Application of KANSAS CITY STAR; American Broadcasting Companies; Columbia Broadcasting Systems. Appeal of Nick CIVELLA.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel Kestenbaum, Angus Macbeth, Ronald W. Kleinman, argued, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C., for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; Thomas M. Bradshaw, Hoskins, King, McGannon, Hahn & Hurwitz, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel.

Robert S. Whiteside, Kansas City, Mo., for The Kansas City Star Co.

John T. Martin, argued, Sam L. Colville, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for CBS Inc.

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., argued, Michael J. Rovell, Jeffrey D. Colman, Linda L. Listrom, Robert M. Mendillo, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for objector-appellant Allen M. Dorfman.

Thomas A. Wadden, Jr., Washington, D. C., for objector-appellant Roy L. Williams.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the review of an order of the district court,1 527 F.Supp. 70, which granted public access to various wiretap and electronic surveillance applications, underlying affidavits, exhibits and attachments. We hold that Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2520 (Title III) requires that the documents in...

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