U.S. v. SMITH

No. 89-5182.

899 F.2d 564 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael Lynn SMITH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., Michael C. Olmsted, Trial Atty. (argued), Theodore S. Greenberg, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas Buchanan, Washington, D.C., N. Reese Bagwell (argued), Clarksville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Edmund L. Carey, Jr. (argued), Neal & Harwell, Nashville, Tenn., for amicus curiae, Tennessee Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers and American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.

Before MERRITT, Chief Judge, KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge, and GRAHAM, District Judge.


MERRITT, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals the denial of a proposed protective order under a government secrecy statute known as the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. app. IV (1988),1 an enabling statute delegating to the Chief Justice authority to issue regulations governing the security clearance of judicial employees in cases in which classified information is admitted. Section 4 of the regulations issued by the...

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