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U.S. v. BROWN

No. 00-30134.

218 F.3d 415 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Harvey BROWN, also known as Jim Brown, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William H. Jeffress, Jr. (argued), John Patrick Elwood, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

James Richard Swanson, Loretta Gallaher Mince, Correro, Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley & Casteix, New Orleans, LA, for The Times-Picayune Pub. Corp. and Associated Press, Amicus Curiae.

Lloyd J. Lunceford, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Capital City Press, Amicus Curiae.

William Thomas McNew, Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Monroe, LA, for Gannett River States Pub. Corp., Amicus Curiae.

Mary Ellen Roy, David L. Patron, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, for New Orleans Hearst Argyle Inc. (WDSU-TV), WGNO Inc., WWL-TV Inc. and Emmis Television Broadcasting, LP (WVUE-TV), Amicus Curiae.

David A. Woolridge, Jr., Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, for the Louisiana Press Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant James Harvey "Jim" Brown (Brown), a prominent Louisiana political figure, is currently under indictment in the Middle District of Louisiana on various charges relating to the brokering of an alleged "sham" settlement of a threatened lawsuit by the State of Louisiana against the president of a failed automobile insurance company. The district court sua sponte entered a gag order that prohibits attorneys, parties, or...

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