Legal Opinion
Providence Journal Co. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 5, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-0526PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Travel of the Case
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
On May 15, 1978 this Court rendered an opinion in this case disposing of five preliminary questions 1 and concluded that: Mr. Patriarca “has standing to intervene and assert claims arising under the fourth amendment, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552, 552a, 702, 706 (1976) with jurisdiction conferred by 28 U.S. C.A. § 1381 (1976)”; “the electronic surveillance at issue in this case is not exempt from disclosure pursuant to (FOIA) exemption 3 because the specific prohibitions against disclosure in Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,…
2Cases cited95 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Department of the Air Force v. RoseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by97 opinions
- Matthew G. Yeager v. Drug Enforcement AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Providence Journal Company v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Raymond L. S. Patriarca, Defendant-In-Intervention-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Lamont v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Clift v. Narragansett Television L.P.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- Dunaway v. WebsterDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1981
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