Legal Opinion
In Re the Attorney General of the United States, Socialist Workers Party v. The Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1979No. 239, 484, 485, Dockets 78-6114, 78-6179, 78-3050PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, Judge, holding the Attorney General of the United States in civil contempt for refusing to release eighteen files disclosing the names of a number of allegedly confidential government informants to appellees’ attorneys, in accordance with an order of the court. In the alternative the Government petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the district court to withdraw its order of contempt and its order directing release of the files. We hold…
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