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MADDOX v. WILLIAMS

Misc. No. 94-0171 (HHG).

855 F.Supp. 406 (1994)

Robert L. MADDOX, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Merrell WILLIAMS, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Reconsideration Denied June 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Hendricks, III, Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Zachary T. Fardon, King & Spalding, Washington, DC, for Brown & Williamson.

Thomas J. Spulak, General Counsel, Charles Tiefer, Deputy General Counsel & Sol., Office of General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, for House Respondents.

Stuart F. Pierson, Davis Wright Tremaine, Washington, DC (Douglas P. Jacobs, Helen M. Gold, CBS Inc., New York City, of counsel), for CBS Inc., and Linda Douglas.

Theodore B. Olson, Terence P. Ross, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for Press Respondents.

OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

I

Factual Background

On May 17, 1994, at the request of Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B & W), a major manufacturer of tobacco products, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued subpoenas for the testimony of and the production of documents by two Members of Congress — Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the...

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