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Branzburg v. Hayes

404 U.S. 815 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1971-10-12 Docket No. 70-85; No. 70-94 English

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No. 70-85.
No. 70-94.
Branzburg v. Hayes et al., Judges. In re Pappas.

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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 .]