U.S. v. McVEIGH

Nos. 96-1409, 96-1464.

119 F.3d 806 (1997)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy James McVEIGH and Terry Lynn Nichols, Defendants-Appellees, Appeal of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS, The Colorado-Oklahoma Trial Group, and the Colorado-Oklahoma Print Media Group ("Media Representatives"), Movants-Appellants, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Newsday, and the Los Angeles Times, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the United States (Joseph H. Hartzler, and Sean Connelly, Special Attorneys to the United States Attorney General, with him on the briefs).

Stephen Jones, Jones Wyatt & Roberts, Denver, Colorado, for Timothy James McVeigh (Robert Nigh, Richard H. Burr III, and Jeralyn E. Merritt, with him on the briefs); Michael E. Tigar, for Terry Lynn Nichols (Ronald G. Woods, N. Reid Neureiter, Adam Thurschwell, and Jane B. Tigar, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs).

Paul B. Watler, Jenkins & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for the Media Representatives (Rachel E. Boehm, Jenkins & Gilchrist, Thomas B. Kelly, Steven D. Zansberg, and Faegre & Benson, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs).

Jane E. Kirtley, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Newsday, and the Los Angeles Times (Barbara Lerner, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Carolyn Schurr, Newsday, Melville, NY, Karlene W. Goller, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, with her on the brief).

Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KELLY, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This case involves a challenge to the district court's sealing of three sets of documents in the Oklahoma City bombing trial: (1) defendant Terry Lynn Nichols' motion to suppress certain evidence, which motion was made available to the public only in redacted form, and exhibits attached to that motion; (2) Exhibit 72 filed in connection with Nichols' motion to suppress, which consisted of FBI reports concerning Nichols' nine hour statement to authorities...

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