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BURNHAM v. OSWALD

Civ. No. 1971-132.

333 F.Supp. 1128 (1971)

David BURNHAM et al., Plaintiffs, v. Russell G. OSWALD, New York State Commissioner of Correctional Services, and Vincent R. Mancusi, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. New York.

October 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Schwartz and Edward I. Koren, Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York (Joseph J. Ricotta, Dunkirk, N. Y. and John H. Stenger, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants.

CURTIN, District Judge.

On March 25, 1971, the plaintiffs instituted a lawsuit against the defendants seeking an order of this court permitting press interviews of inmates in New York State correctional facilities. During the summer of 1971, the parties voluntarily discussed the issuance of rules permitting press interviews, and, on July 15, 1971, the Department of Correctional Services issued "Administrative Bulletin # 9," entitled "Policy Statement and Guidelines...

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