United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Equity. On the question of the right of the public and press to be present during the taking of testimony before an examiner.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The United States, having given notice that it desires evidence to be taken orally under the sixty-seventh rule in equity (29 Sup. Ct. xxxiii), contends that the public and the press should be admitted to the proceedings wherein the depositions of witnesses are to be taken before the examiner.
It is urged that the public and press should be afforded an opportunity to attend and to hear whatever may be said upon the examination before it has been reduced to writing and signed by the witness, and before the deposition is presented to the court. This contention is not…
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