Legal Opinion
Trimble v. Johnston
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 2, 1959No. 921-59PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is an action brought by a newspaper correspondent against the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, for a mandatory injunction requiring them to permit him to inspect and copy certain payroll records and other documents and papers relating to the disbursement of Government funds by the Senate of the United States. The case is before the Court on a motion by the defendants to dismiss the complaint.
In order to deal adequately with the issues raised by counsel, it is necessary for us to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by27 opinions
- National Treasury Employees Union v. Richard M. Nixon, Individually and as President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- C. v. C.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1974
- United States Ex Rel. Brookfield Construction Co. v. StewartDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1964
- Yarish v. NelsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
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