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Saxbe v. Washington Post Company (docket #: 73-1265) (1974)  [Findlaw]

Argument Date 04/17/1974
Decided 6/24/1974
Supreme Court Vote 5-4
Supreme Court Ruling First Amendment claim denied
 
IssueWhether a federal prison policy prohibiting newspaper interviews of individually designated inmates of federal prisons abridges the First Amendment's freedom of the press.
Majority Opinion Stewart, J.
Dissenting Opinion Douglas, J., & Powell, J. (joined by Brennan, J.& Marshall, J.)
Lower Court DC Circuit
Lower Court Ruling First Amendment claim upheld
Lawyers
For Petitioner
Solicitor General Robert Bork

For Respondent
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

Briefs
For Amicus
William H. Allen for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Legal Defense and Research Fund (for respondent)

Ruling - Lower Court
161 U.S. App. D.C. 75, 494 F.2d 994
News
"Federal Judge Rules That State Must Allow Prisoner Interviews," The New York Times, May 17, 1972, p. 50
"Interviews in State Prisons Sought in U.S. Court Suit," The New York Times, March 26, 1971, p. 22
"Judge Admits Newsmen to Federal Jails," The Washington Post, Aug. 25, 1973, Sect. A, p. 3
MacKenzie, John P., "Right of Prison Access Denied," The Washington Post, June 25, 1974, Sect. A, p. 2
MacKenzie, John, "Court Stays Order On Inmate Interviews," The Washington Post, May 13, 1972, Sect. A, p. 8
Meyer, Eugene L.,"Post Sues for Right To Visit Inmates in 2 U.S. Prisons, " The Washington Post, March 11, 1972, Sect. A, p. 2
Other
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.)(2006), Sect. 11.4.4, 11.6.3
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