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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lay, Bright, McMillian

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