U.S. v. GRAHAM

Docket Nos. 01-1106, 01-1107, 01-1108, 01-1109.

257 F.3d 143 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Darryl T. GRAHAM, Anthony F. Leonardo, Jr., Albert M. Ranieri, Defendants-Appellants. WHEC-TV 10, WOKR-TV 13, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. August Term, 2000.

Decided: July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN F. SPERANZA, Rochester, NY (Attorney for Anthony F. Leonardo, Jr.), & MICHAEL J. TALLON, Pittsford, NY (Attorney for Albert M. Ranieri) (Jay Ovsiovitch for William Clauss, Federal Defender, Western District of New York (Attorney for Darryl T. Graham) on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.

SHARON P. STILLER, Underberg & Kessler LLP, Rochester, NY (Christopher D. Thomas, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, NY, on the brief), for the Intervenors.

Before: JACOBS, PARKER, KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the District Court for the Western District of New York (Larimer, C.J.) erred in ordering that copies of certain audio and video tapes presented by the government at a pretrial detention hearing be made available to members of the broadcast media. We hold that the tapes played at the pretrial hearing are "judicial records" subject to the common law right of copying and inspection, and...

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