Legal Opinion
United States v. Harold E. Ford
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1987No. 87-5686, 87-5695PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
In this federal criminal case for mail and bank fraud, set for trial on November 9, 1987, the defendant, Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, seeks an interlocutory ruling setting aside as constitutionally invalid a broadly worded, so-called “gag” order entered sua sponte in the District Court. The order prohibits Congressman Ford from “making” any “extrajudicial statement that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication,” including any “opinion of or discussion of the evidence and facts in the investigation or case,” any…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. CarruthersTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- Ricky Newell v. Robert Brown, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. James Harvey Brown, Also Known as Jim BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Karl A. Schledwitz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- In Re Harold E. Ford, (91-5497). United States of America v. Harold E. Ford, Douglas Beaty, Karl A. Schledwitz, and David Crabtree, (91-5548)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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