UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
James Harvey BROWN, also known as Jim Brown; Alfred Foster Sanders, III, also known as Foxy Sanders; Edwin W. Edwards, also known as The Governor; Robert A. Bourgeois, also known as Bob Bourgeois, David Judd Disiere, Ronald R. Weems, also known as Ron Weems, Defendants-Appellees,
v.
The Times Picayune Publishing Corporation; Associated Press; Capital City Press; Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.; The Louisiana Press Association, Appellants.
United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
James Harvey Brown, Etc., et al., Defendants,
James Harvey Brown, also known as Jim Brown; Edwin Washington Edwards, also known as The Governor; Ronald R. Weems, also known as Ron Weems, Defendants-Appellees,
v.
Times Picayune Publishing Corporation; Capital City Press, the Advocate, Saturday and Sunday Advocate, the "News Media", Appellants.
In Re: The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation; The Associated Press; Capital City Press, Inc. (The Advocate, Saturday and Sunday Advocate); Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (WDSU-TV); The Louisiana Press Association, Petitioners.
In Re: Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (WDSU-TV); Capital City Press (The Advocate, Saturday and Sunday Advocate); The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, Petitioners.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided: May 1, 2001.
Decided: May 1, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., Salvador Robert Perricone, James B. Letten, New Orleans, LA, for United States.
Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, LA, William H. Jeffress, Jr., Baker Botts, Washington, DC, for Brown.
Provino Charles Mosca, New Orleans, LA, for Sanders.
J. Michael Small, Law Offices of J. Michael Small, Alexandria, LA, for Edwards.
Donald Lynn Foret, Metairie, LA, for Bourgeois.
James P. Linn, Linn & Neville, Oklahoma City, OK, Robert N. Habans, Jr., Habans & Carriere, Slidell, LA, for Disiere.
Edward J. Castaing, Jr., Crull, Castaing, Lilly & Herman, New Orleans, LA, for Weems.
James Richard Swanson (argued), Loretta Gallaher Mince, Correro, Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley & Casteix, New Orleans, LA, for The Times-Picayune Publishing Corp. and Associated Press.
Lloyd J. Lunceford (argued), Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Capital City Press.
Mary Ellen Roy (argued), David L. Patron, Sheryl A. Odems, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Michael D. Hunt, Jane H. Barney, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, for Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.
David A. Woolridge, Jr., Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, for The Louisiana Press Ass'n.
Before JOLLY, JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
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