Legal Opinion
In Re Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc. Storer Broadcasting Company American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. And Detroit Free Press, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1983No. 83-1694PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In this emergency appeal, heard on October 13, 1983, the petitioners sought a writ of mandamus compelling either a decision from the district court on their application for immediate access to inspect and copy audio- and videotapes admitted into evidence or used in an ongoing criminal trial, or a stay in the criminal proceedings until a decision was rendered. In the alternative, the media petitioners requested an order granting them contemporaneous access to inspect and copy the audio- and videotapes. In an oral decision from the bench, this court denied…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In Re the Knoxville News-Sentinel Company, Inc., (83-5095). In Re Knoxville Journal Corporation and Tennessee Newspapers, Inc., (83-5096)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- In Re Bendectin Products Liability LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Charles Beckham v. Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc., Non-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- In re GillisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Ernst & WhinneyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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