GONZALES v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO., INC.

Docket No. 97-9454.

194 F.3d 29 (1999)

Albert GONZALES and Mary Gonzales, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Deputy Darrell Pierce, Defendant-Appellee, v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1998.

Amended September 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Weiner, New York, NY (Daniel M. Kummer, National Broadcasting Co., Inc., Law Department, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellant.

Perry R. Sanders, Jr., Lake Charles, LA (Sanders, Crochet & Chism, LLP, Lake Charles, LA, Brian D. Caplan, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff, & Scharow, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael O. Hardison, Snow, Becker, & Krause, New York, NY, Andre J. Buisson, Jennings, LA, of counsel, for Defendant-Appellee.

Laura R. Handman, New York, NY (Matthew S. Schweber, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, of Counsel), for Amici Curiae, ABC, Inc., Advance Publications, Inc., The Associated Press, Bloomberg, L.P., Cable News Network, Inc., CBS Corp., Daily News, L.P., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Newsday, Inc., The New York Press Club, Inc., The New York Times Company, NYP Holdings, Inc., The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Reuters America, Inc., Time Inc., and Univision Communications, Inc.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, and LEVAL, Circuit Judges, and SPATT, District Judge.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge:**

Respondent National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("NBC") appeals from orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Harold Baer, Jr., Judge), one entered September 26, 1997, granting in part motions to compel compliance with non-party subpoenas issued to NBC, Gonzales v. Pierce, 175 F.R.D. 57 (S.D.N.Y.1997), and another entered October 29, 1997, holding NBC in contempt...

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