NAT. CONSERVATIVE POL. ACTION COMMITTEE v. KENNEDY

Civ. A. No. 81-3061.

563 F.Supp. 622 (1983)

NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCPAC), et al., Plaintiffs, v. Senator Edward M. KENNEDY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Sparks, Jr., Sedam & Herge, McLean, Va., for plaintiffs.

William C. Oldaker, Washington, D.C., for defendant Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

M. David Vaughn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., for defendant Senator Daniel P. Moynihan.

Stanley C. Morris, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for defendant Senator Robert C. Byrd.

William A. Gould, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Washington, D.C., for defendants Senator Wendell H. Ford, Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, Senator John Melcher, Edward Quick and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Clifton Peter Rose, Williams & Jensen, P.C., Washington, D.C., for defendant Congressman James C. Wright, Jr.

Christopher R. O'Neill, Jr., O'Neill & Haase, P.C., Washington, D.C., for defendants Congressman Tony Coelho and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Alan C. Campbell, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D.C., for defendants Guy Gannett Broadcasting Services, Guy Gannett Pub. Co. and The WHYN Stations Corp.

Martin E. Firestone, Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard, Washington, D.C., for defendant Springfield Television Corp.

Timothy B. Dyk, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for defendant CBS, Inc.

Howard Monderer, Washington, D.C., for defendant NBC, Inc.

William H. Schweitzer, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for defendant Garryowen Corp.

George R. Clark, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D.C., for defendant Gaylord Broadcasting Co.

Arthur B. Goodkind, Koteen & Naftalin, Washington, D.C., for defendants Lin Broadcasting Corp. and North Texas Broadcasting Corp.

David R. Anderson, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for defendants The Times Mirror Co. and KDFW-TV, Inc.

John E. Fiorini, III, Pepper & Corazzini, Washington, D.C., for defendants Rollins, Inc. and Rollins Broadcasting of Delaware, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs, the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), NCPAC chairman John T. Dolan, and NCPAC contributor James Ware, allege a conspiracy among a number of television and radio stations and various Democratic Members of Congress, campaign committees, and party officials to prevent the broadcast of NCPAC's advertisements critical of the voting records of the Members of...

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