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CABLE NEWS NETWORK v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING

Civ. A. Nos. 81-871A, 81-1329A.

518 F.Supp. 1238 (1981)

CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., CBS, Inc., and National Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Ronald W. Reagan, as President of the United States of America, James A. Baker, III, as Chief of Staff for the President of the United States of America, Larry Speakes, as Deputy Press Secretary, and as Apparent Acting Press Secretary, to the President of the United States of America, and Alexander M. Haig, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Defendants. CBS, INC., Plaintiff, v. Ronald W. REAGAN, as President of the United States of America and Larry Speakes, as Principal Deputy Press Secretary, and as Apparent Acting Press Secretary to the President of the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

July 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dalton, Robert L. Mote, Ralph H. Greil, Steven W. Korn, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for Cable News Network, Inc.

D. Robert Cumming, Carey DeDyne, Sutherland, Asbell & Brennan, Atlanta, Ga., James Loftis, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C., for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

David Aufdenspring, Eugene Partain, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga., David Boies, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for CBS, Inc.

Matt Patton, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, Ga., William Hegarty, Cahill, Gordon & Reiniel, New York City, for National Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Robert Castellani, Nina Hunt, Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., William G. Cole, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Ronald W. Reagan, James A. Baker, III, Larry Speakes and Alexander M. Haig.

ORDER

ORINDA D. EVANS, District Judge.

This consolidated action is now before the Court on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. ("ABC") and National Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("NBC"), Defendants in Civil Action No. C81-871A, and the Motion for Preliminary Injunction of CBS, Inc. ("CBS"), Plaintiff in Civil Action No. C81-1329A. Both Motions seek injunctive relief from recent action of the White House Press Office...

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