Impounded NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO., Publisher of The Star-Ledger, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: May 15, 2001.
Filed July 18, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
DONALD A. ROBINSON, ESQUIRE (ARGUED), Robinson & Livelli, Newark, NJ, Attorney Two Penn Plaza East, 11th Floor Newark, New Jersey 07105, Attorney for Appellant, Newark Morning Ledger Co., Publisher of The Star-Ledger.
DEMETRA LAMBROS, ESQUIRE (ARGUED), JAMES E. CASTELLO, ESQUIRE United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division-Appellate Section, 601 D Street, N.W., Suite 6206 Washington, D.C. 20530, Attorneys for Appellee, United States of America.
THEODORE V. WELLS, JR., ESQUIRE (ARGUED), Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019-6064
DAVID E. BARRY, ESQUIRE Pierce Atwood, One Monument Square Portland, Maine 04101, Attorneys for Appellee, John Doe 1.
ADAM S. HOFFINGER, ESQUIRE ROBERT A. SALERNO, ESQUIRE Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036, Attorneys for Appellee, John Doe 2.
THOMAS J. CAFFERTY, ESQUIRE ARLENE M. TURINCHAK, ESQUIRE McGimpsey & Cafferty, 285 Davidson Avenue, Suite 404 Somerset, New Jersey 08873, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Appellants, The New Jersey Press Association, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, LP Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. The New York Times.
KATHERINE HATTON, ESQUIRE Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. Legal Department 400 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Appellant, Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
BEFORE: SCIRICA, GARTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in temporarily sealing the initial filings and hearings concerning a contempt motion filed under Fed. R.Crim.P. 6(e)(2) pending its determination whether secret grand jury material would be disclosed. Our opinion in United States v. Smith,123 F.3d 140 (3d Cir. 1997), provides the rule of decision in this matter. We...
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