Daily Herald Co. v. Munro

838 F.2d 380 56 USLW 2456 , 14 Media L. Rep. 2332 The DAILY HERALD CO., American Broadcasting Cos., Inc., CBS Inc., National Broadcasting Co., Inc., and The New York Times Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ralph MUNRO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Washington, and Ken O. Eikenberry, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of the State of Washington, Defendants-Appellants. No. 86-3641. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 5, 1986. Decided Feb. 2, 1988. Floyd Abrams, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, and P. Cameron DeVore, Davis Wright & Jones, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. James M. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before FLETCHER, FERGUSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Defendants, State of Washington officials, appeal the district court's decision that a Washington statute prohibiting exit polling within 300 feet of the polling place violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments as applied to plaintiffs, three television stations…