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SMITH v. NIXON

Civ. A. No. 76-0798.

664 F.Supp. 601 (1987)

Hedrick SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard M. NIXON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Friedman, New York City, John P. Sweeney, Debevoise & Plimpton, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Larry L. Gregg, Senior Trial Counsel, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Sharon Cohen, Trial Atty., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

Introduction

The single question before the Court is whether the plaintiffs may obtain equitable relief on their request for expungement of all previously nonpublicized transcripts or summaries of an 89-day government wiretap on their home telephone in 1969. The wiretap had purportedly been conducted pursuant to a presidentially approved surveillance program instituted for the purpose...

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