Providence Journal Co. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, Federal Bureau of Investigation and others, and Intervenor, Raymond L. S. Patriarca, have requested stays pending their appeals of the district court’s order that certain FBI documents be forthwith disclosed to the plaintiff, Providence Journal Company. These documents reflect the results of an unauthorized and illegal wiretap which the FBI maintained at Patriarca’s place of business in 1962-65. Defendants and the Intervenor appeal from the district court’s ruling that, with certain exceptions, all this material be made available to the Journal.

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