In re: ASSOCIATED PRESS, Chicago Tribune Company, Illinois Press Association, Copley Press, Incorporated, Petitioners.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
William D. LADD, Management Services of Illinois, Incorporated, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal of: Associated Press, Chicago Tribune Company, Illinois Press Association, et al.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 23, 1998.
Decided December 7, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph P. Thorton (argued), Craven & Thorton, Springfield, IL, for Petitioners in No. 98-1267.
J. Douglas Wilson (argued), Patrick J. Chesley, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Respondent in No. 98-1267.
Ronald J. Stone, Stratton & Nardulli, Springfield, IL; J. Steven Beckett, Brett N. Olmstead, Beckett & Webber, Urbana, IL, for Parties-in-Interest in No. 98-1267.
Patrick J. Chesley, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL; J. Douglas Wilson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee in No. 98-1474.
Ronald J. Stone, Stratton & Nardulli, Springfield, IL; Brett N. Olmstead, Beckett & Webber, Urbana, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 98-1474.
Joseph P. Thornton (argued), Craven & Thornton, Springfield, IL, for Appellants in No. 98-1474.
Before WOOD, JR., RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings to us three rulings by the district court in the criminal trial of James R. Berger on charges of defrauding the Illinois Department of Public Aid. That trial ended in the acquittal of the defendant.1 The appellants, various organizations that provided press coverage of the trial (hereinafter "the Press"), seek our review of the following rulings: (1) the district court's denial of the Press' petition...
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