Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
In an appeal from a district court order granting an application by a newspaper to access sealed wiretap applications relating to the investigation of a prostitution ring, the order is reversed where: 1) petitioner did not show good cause to unseal the wiretap-related documents pursuant to Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and 2) petitioner did not have a First Amendment right to gain access to wiretap applications. (Amended opinion)
Appellate Information
Argued: June 16, 2009
Decided: August 6, 2009
Amended: August 20, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Cabranes
Counsel
For Appellant:
Daniel L. Stein, Assistant United States Attorney
For Appellee:
David E. McCraw, The New York Times Company, Legal Department, New York, NY
Itai Maytal, The New York Times Company, Legal Department, New York, NY
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