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Whatever the provenance of the recordings, their squelching by Judge Hoeveler opened a second front in the court battle. A number of publishers, including the Time Inc. Magazine Co., TIME's parent organization, and the New York Times Co., filed an amicus brief in support of CNN's petition to be freed from the restraining order. A similar brief was filed by several major television networks. Says Jane Kirtley, director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: "News organizations are in the business of exposing governmental misconduct, and that's what CNN has done...
...Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, for one, is concerned about aspects of the case. In an amicus curiae brief, the chapter urged that charges involving "negligent" and "reckless" speech be dropped, reasoning that a finding for the plaintiff on those grounds could have a chilling effect on First Amendment freedoms. A.C.L.U. lawyer Michael H. Simon adds, however, that adequate proof that Tom Metzger intended to cause serious harm by sending agents to Oregon would void his concern...
...from death? How great is the pain? How clear the will? Does the patient just want to be left alone, or is he asking to be killed? The Cruzan case has raised the basic medical issue of whether doctors must continue to treat patients they cannot cure. In its amicus brief to the Supreme Court, the American Academy of Neurology argues that the doctor's duty is to continue treating unconscious patients as long as there is some chance of improvement, which Nancy Cruzan does not have. When hope is gone, the duty ends. But the Association of American Physicians...
...definition prevents alcoholics from receiving benefit extensions awarded to veterans with illnesses. In seeking to make their case, the plaintiffs' lawyers are expected to bring up the new evidence that alcoholism may have a genetic basis. Says Kirk Johnson, general counsel for the A.M.A., which filed an amicus brief in the case: "We want a medical judgment, not a ruling based on fear, misunderstanding and prejudice...
...Government was not then involved in the case, but late in 1952 Elman helped draft an amicus curiae brief for the Truman Administration. He was prompted by Frankfurter's disclosures to go against his own sense of the proper legal argument and tailor the brief to offer the wavering judges a key compromise: that the court could permit states to take a gradual approach to integration. That tactic was later adopted in a unanimous court ruling that called for integration "with all deliberate speed...