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IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENA ABC, INC.

No. GJ-96-3.

947 F.Supp. 1314 (1996)

In re GRAND JURY SUBPOENA AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

November 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Ray Jahn, LeRoy Jahn, Little Rock, AR, Stephen Bates, Snyder, TX and Patrick O'Brien, Jacksonville, AR, for the Office of Independent Counsel and Kenneth W. Starr.

Phillip S. Anderson, Leon Holmes, and Jeanne L. Seewald, all of the Williams and Anderson law firm, Little Rock, Arkansas for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ("ABC").

Jess Askew III, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Kathleen A. Kirby, of the Reed, Smith, Shaw, & McClay law firm, Washington, D.C., for the Radio-Television News Directors Association, which submitted an amicus brief in support of ABC.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SUSAN WEBBER WRIGHT, District Judge.

Before the Court is the motion of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ("ABC") to quash a grand jury subpoena seeking the full transcript and videotape of an interview with Susan H. McDougal conducted by ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer in New York City on August 30, 1996.1 The United States, by Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr, has responded in opposition...

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