FARR v. PITCHESS

No. A-705.

409 U.S. 1243 (1973)

93 S.Ct. 593

34 L.Ed.2d 655

FARR v. PITCHESS, SHERIFF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1973.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, Circuit Justice.

Applicant Farr was a reporter for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and published stories about the Manson trial, which were greatly publicized during the trial. The trial judge in the case had issued orders barring the litigants and their lawyers from giving certain information to the press. When the Manson trial was ended, the trial judge summoned Farr and asked him what the sources of his information were. Farr...

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