Legal Opinion
Elliot Carlson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 2016No. 15-2972PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
During World War II, the U.S. Office of War Information warned the populace that “loose lips sink ships.” See The Phrase Finder, http://www.phrases.org.uk/ meanings/237250.html (last visited Sept. 15,2016). But what if the ships sailed some 70 years before the tongues wag? That is the problem we face in the present case, in which Elliot Carlson, along with a number of scholarly, journalistic; and historic organizations, seeks access to grand-jury materials sealed decades ago. The materials concern an investigation into the Chicago Tribune in 1942 for a story it published…
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