Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Branzburg v. Hayes

Branzburg v. Hayes
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 12, 1971
404 U.S. 815; 92 S. Ct. 43 (United States Reports)

Branzburg v. Hayes

Opinion of the Court

Ct. App. Ky.; and

Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Motion of the Solicitor General to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae in support of respondents in each case granted. The Solicitor General allotted 15 minutes for his argument and counsel for petitioner allotted 15 additional minutes to argue in each case. Motions of American Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, CLC, and American Newspaper Publishers Assn. for leave to file briefs in No. 70-85 as amici curiae granted. [Certiorari granted, 402 U. S. 942.]

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