SCHNAPPER v. FOLEY

No. 79-1848.

667 F.2d 102 (1981)

M. B. SCHNAPPER, Public Affairs Press (A corporation of the State of Delaware), Appellants, v. William E. FOLEY, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts of the Supreme Court, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1981.

Certiorari Denied February 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Schnapper, New York City, with whom Seymour S. Guthman and George R. Douglas, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

Thomas J. Byrnes, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty. and Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellees, Foley and Ringer.

Theodore D. Frank, Washington, D. C., with whom Mania K. Baghdadi, Elizabeth L. Shriver and Eric H. Smith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees, Public Broadcasting Service, et al. Rodney F. Page, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees, Public Broadcasting Service, et al.

Murray Drabkin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee, Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting, Inc.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and PARKER, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.


Certiorari Denied February 22, 1982. See 102 S.Ct. 1448.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants M. B. Schnapper and the Public Affairs Press challenge the arrangements among government agencies and public broadcasters for the filming and dissemination of the television series "Equal Justice Under Law." Although the complaint states numerous legal grounds for relief, appellants' central...

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