Lanza v. New York State Joint Legislative Committee

This proceeding involves the question whether a Joint Legislative Committee may be restrained from making public a tape recording and a transcript thereof of the supposedly private consultation between attorney and client in a *532local county jail. The client had been arrested as a parole violator. While in the local jail he was permitted to confer with his lawyer. The room, unknown to the lawyer or the prisoner, was wired to record any conversations. In some manner, the committee has obtained the tape recording and has made transcripts therefrom. It proposes to make such transcripts public, the…