Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicodemo S. Scarfo Donald F. Manno
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 27, 2001No. 00-4313PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an issue of first impression in this circuit pertaining to a lawyer’s right to make extrajudicial statements to the press relating to a former client’s pending criminal case. The exchange between the defendant’s former lawyer and a member of the press resulted in a newspaper article that raised the District Court’s indignation. The Court imposed a gag order against Donald F. Manno, defendant’s former counsel; Man-no appealed. The primary issue on appeal concerns the First Amendment right of speech. Before reaching that issue, we…
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