US Supreme Court signs temporary stay regarding Boston College Tapes

On October 1st, 2012, Justice Stephen Breyer has signed a temporary stay regarding the handover of interviews from the Burns archive to the PSNI pending further legal action on October 11. The attached has a copy of the order

Press release – October 1st, 2012, Contact Sabina Clarke: +1 215 509 2345; +1 215 908 7960

United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen (correctedP Breyer has today granted a temporary stay on the handover of interviews from the Belfast Project at Boston College to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The stay will be in place until at least October 11th, when the US government, which facilitated the subpoenas, is due to formally respond to an application from Eamonn Dornan, JJ Cotter and Jonathan Albano, attorneys for Belfast Project researchers Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre, that the handover be stayed until the Supreme Court decides whether to hold a full hearing on the case.

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