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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES

Misc. No. 82-0079.

537 F.Supp. 1168 (1982)

In re Application of AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., Cable News Network, Inc., CBS, Inc., and National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, Jonathan B. Sallet, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C., for Jodie Foster.

Floyd Abrams, Donald J. Mulvihill, Melanie C. Lawson, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for Communications Network.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

(U. S. v. Hinckley, Crim. No. 81-306)

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge:

This case presents the question whether the public has a common law right to copy and broadcast either a witness' videotaped deposition or a tape recorded telephone conversation between the witness and a criminal defendant. The background events which provoke the question may be briefly stated.

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