· 12/12/1979
Marvin Holman v. Central Arkansas Broadcasting Co., Inc., Sgt. Ronald W. Stobaugh, Patrolman Jackie Race and Carl Connerton
Citations
- 610 F.2d 542
- 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2217
- 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 9766
How courts have described this case
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- disclosure by police of official acts concerning an arrest is not an invasion of the constitutionally protected right of privacy
- no violation of federal statute to record loud complaints of municipal judge jailed for public drunkenness as they were not made with expectation of privacy
- “[N]o right to privacy is invaded when state officials allow or facilitate publication of an official act such as an arrest.”
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Judges: Lay, Bright, McMillian
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