AYENI v. CBS INC.

No. CV 93-0957.

848 F.Supp. 362 (1994)

Tawa AYENI and Kayode Ayeni, a minor, by Tawa Ayeni, his mother and natural guardian, Plaintiffs, v. CBS INC., a New York Corporation, Meade R. Jorgensen, James Mottola, Seven Unknown Special Agents of the United States Secret Service and Two Unknown Postal Inspectors of the United States Postal Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rossbacher & Associates by Henry H. Rossbacher, Tracy W. Young, Nanci W. Nishimura, and Karen A. Widess, Los Angeles, CA, Harry C. Batchelder, New York City, for plaintiff.

Douglas P. Jacobs, Madeleine Schachter, New York City, for defendants CBS Inc. and Meade R. Jorgensen.

Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helene M. Goldberg, Director, Torts Branch, Stephen F. McGraw, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant James Mottola.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

This case raises grave issues of the right to privacy in the home, free from the intruding eye and ear of a private broadcaster's television camera when: 1) access of the television crew was compelled by government officials without consent of the householder; 2) the officials had themselves obtained consentless entry, ostensibly by means of a search warrant; 3) the officials were not being aided in their...

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