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Citizen Publishing Co. et al. v. United States, 1968 — 393 U.S. 911 · caselaw · US
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Citizen Publishing Co. et al. v. United States
393 U.S. 911·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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Opinion
No. 243.
Citizen Publishing Co. et al. v. United States.
Richard J. MacLaury, John L. Donahue, Jr., and George Read Carlock for appellants.
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Zimmerman, Howard E. Shapiro, and Charles D. Mahaffie, Jr., for the United States.
Robert L. Stern for the Albuquerque Journal et al., and Arthur B. Hanson and S. Chesterfield Oppenheim for American Newspaper Publishers Assn., as amici curiae, in support of appellants.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from D. C. Ariz. Probable jurisdiction noted.
Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.