Legal Opinion

Peter Maas v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 25, 1966No. 20210_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court preliminarily enjoining appellant from disseminating or publishing in any form copies of or excerpts from a manuscript by Joseph Valachi written while Valachi was incarcerated in the District of Columbia Jail. The United States brought the action in this case to obtain a permanent injunction requiring appellant to comply with a “Memorandum of Understanding” which precluded him from publishing or disseminating the manuscript without the approval of the Department of Justice.

Valachi is a federal prisoner, having…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Dymo Industries, Inc. v. Tapeprinter, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  2. Safeway Stores, Incorporated v. Safeway Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  3. Armour and Company v. Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  4. Celebrity, Inc. v. Trina, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
  5. Leesona Corporation v. Cotwool Manufacturing Corporation, Judson Mills Division, Deering Milliken Research Corporation, and Whitin MacHine WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. A Quaker Action Group v. Walter J. HickelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  2. United States v. Victor L. Marchetti, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
  3. Industrial Bank of Washington, a Corporation v. Walter N. Tobriner, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and Theodore J. ScheveCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  4. Southern Railway Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and EnginemenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  5. James W. Price v. Franklin Investment Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978

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