United States Third Circuit

A district court may temporarily seal the initial filings and hearings concerning a contempt motion filed under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)(2), pending the court's decision about disclosure of secret grand jury material.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/15/2001
• Decided 07/18/2001
• Published 07/18/2001

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA, GARTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald A. Robinson (Argued), Robinson & Livelli, Newark, NJ, Attorney for Appellant, Newark Morning Ledger Co., Publisher of The Star-Ledger., Thomas J. Cafferty, Arlene M. Turinchak, McGimpsey & Cafferty, Somerset, NJ, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae-Appellants, The New Jersey Press Association, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, LP Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. The New York Times., Katherine Hatton, Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., Legal Department, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Amicus Curiae-Appellant, Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Demetra Lambros (Argued), James E. Castello, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division-Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee, United States of America., Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Argued), Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, David E. Barry, Pierce Atwood, Portland, ME, Attorneys for Appellee, John Doe 1., Adam S. Hoffinger, Robert A. Salerno, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee, John Doe 2.