UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

Nos. 80-2718, 80-2719.

672 F.2d 1289 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Martin K. EDWARDS and Francis B. Kendall, Defendants, In re Applications of VIDEO-INDIANA, INC., and Mid-America Radio, Inc., Applicants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Sutherland, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff.

Irvin B. Charne, Milwaukee, Wis., amicus.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, and EAST, Senior District Judge.


FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question of whether the district court erred in refusing to release to the media, for the purpose of copying and broadcasting to the public during the pendency of a criminal trial, an audio recording which had been admitted into evidence and played in open court. We hold that the case is not moot. Even though the broadcasters sought access to the tape contemporaneous with the trial, long since ended, the underlying...

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