Associated Press v. Walker

Decision Date01 October 1967
Docket NumberNo. 306,306
Citation88 S.Ct. 106,389 U.S. 28,19 L.Ed.2d 28
PartiesASSOCIATED PRESS v. Edwin A. WALKER
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

William P. Rogers, Leo P. Larkin, Jr., Stanley Godofsky, Arthur Moynihan, Earl T. Thomas, John T. Guyton and Billy R. Pesnell, for petitioner.

W. Scott Wilkinson and Clyde J. Watts, for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130, 87 S.Ct. 1975, 18 L.Ed.2d 1094.

Mr. Justice BLACK, with whom Mr. Justice DOUGLAS joins, concurs in the result for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black's separate opinion in Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 388 U.S. 130, 170, 87 S.Ct. 1975, 18 L.Ed.2d 1094.

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    • Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US
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