Legal Opinion
Larry Flynt, Publisher v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Individually and as Secretary of Defense
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 1985No. 84-5558PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
This suit, for injunctive and declaratory relief, challenges the decision of the United States to prohibit press coverage of the initial stages of the United States military intervention in Grenada which began on October 25, 1983. In their complaint, the appellants, Larry Flynt and Larry Flynt Publications, Inc., sought a declaratory *135judgment that “the course of conduct engaged in by the Defendants ... in preventing ... or otherwise hindering Plaintiffs’ efforts to send reporters to the sovereign nation of Grenada for the purpose of gathering news is in violation of the Constitution, laws,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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