Legal Opinion
In re Russell
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1984No. 84-1018PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners, who have been selected as potential witnesses in a criminal proceeding brought by the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 245 against several alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party, have filed this action for a writ of mandamus requiring the district judge presiding over the criminal proceeding to vacate his order of January 5, 1984, which, inter alia, prohibited “potential witnesses]” from discussing their proposed trial testimony with members of the media. Petitioners contend that the district judge’s order (hereinafter gag order)…
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