NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP INC, Publishers of Northjersey.com as well as The Record and The Herald News; Bloomberg LP, The owner and operator of Bloomberg News; NBCUniversal Media LLC, doing business as WNBC TV Channel 4; The New York Times Company; New Jersey Advanced Media, Publishers of NJ.com; Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The publisher of the Wall Street Journal; The Associated Press; Public Media NJ, Inc, doing business as NJTV; New York Public Radio; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; Philadelphia Media Network, PBC; Politico
v.
UNITED STATES of America; William E. Baroni, Jr.; Bridget Anne Kelly; The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
John Doe, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 6, 2016.
Filed September 7, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jenny R. Kramer [ARGUED], Chadbourne & Parke, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Counsel for Intervenor-Appellant, John Doe.
Bruce S. Rosen [ARGUED], McCusker Anselmi Rosen & Carvelli, 210 Park Avenue — Ste. 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Counsel for Appellees, North Jersey Media Group Inc., Bloomberg LP, NBC Universal Media LLC, DBA WNBC TV Ch 4, New York Times Co., Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Associated Press, Public Media NJ Inc., DBA NJTV, New York, Public Radio, American Broadcasting Co. Inc., Politico, and Philadelphia Media Network PBC.
Michael D. Critchley , Critchley Kinum & Vazquez, 75 Livingston Avenue — 3rd Fl., Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Defendant, Bridget Anne Kelly.
David R. Kromm , Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, 4 World Trade Center, 150 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10007, Counsel for Defendant, Port Authority, of New York and New Jersey.
Before: AMBRO, JORDAN, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
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