Legal Opinion
Linda Ross and Mary Wreford v. William Burns
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1980No. 77-1488PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Appellants Ross and Wreford were reporters for the Ann Arbor Sun (Sun), a local biweekly newspaper. On June 28, 1973, they went to the courthouse at Chelsea, Michigan, where appellee Burns, a Michigan State Police officer assigned to undercover narcotics enforcement duty, was scheduled to give testimony at a preliminary hearing. As Burns neared the courthouse, Ross and Wreford began to photograph him. Burns saw the reporters, approached them, and attempted to seize their cameras and film in order to prevent publication of his photograph. A scuffle ensued,…
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