Legal Opinion
Seattle-Tacoma Newspaper Guild, Local 82, of American Newspaper Guild, George Sing Louie, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. Jacob J. Parker, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1973No. 72-2330PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents essentially one question: Does the First Amendment compel the warden of a federal penitentiary to permit individual press interviews with prison inmates by representatives of the news media? Two aspects of the First Amendment are involved. Is the warden in violation of (1) the First Amendment rights of his prisoners or (2) the First Amendment right of press access to the news, when he prohibits press interviews with willing prisoners?
Suit was brought by the Guild (one-half of whose members are newspaper reporters) and two individuals, one…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- New York Times Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Ronald T. Phillips v. Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Apolinar Navarette, Jr., AKA Paul Medel Navarette v. Jiro J. EnomotoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Johnson v. StephanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Hillery v. ProcunierDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1974
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