United States Third Circuit

Media members and the public possess no First Amendment right of access to "special interest" deportation hearings that are determined by the Attorney General to present significant national security concerns.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/08/2002
• Published 10/08/2002

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Christopher J. Christie, United States Attorney, Gregory G. Katsas (Argued), Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Sharon Swingle, Robert M. Loeb, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven R. Shapiro, Lucas Guttentag, Lee Gelernt (Argued), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, NY, Lawrence S. Lustberg, Shavar D. Jeffries, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Edward Barocas, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Newark, NJ, David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Nancy Chang, Shayana D. Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, for Appellees., David A. Schulz, Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells, New York, NY, for Amicus-Appellees.