Legal Opinion
Fischer v. McGowan
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 13, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0481 SPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of a United States Magistrate for this District compelling Bruce Stannard, a reporter for an Australian-based newspaper, to disclose the names of confidential sources upon whom he relied in authoring an article which appeared in the Melbourne Age on July 19, 1983. 1 Written at a time when the upcoming America’s Cup finals had captured the imaginations and stirred the emotions of competitors and spectators alike, the column described in considerable detail some of the alleged financial woes which had befallen the sponsors…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Jose A. Garcia, United States v. Pablo H. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- McInnis v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1986
- Ellison v. American National Red CrossDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1993
- Capuano v. Outlet Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
- Colonial Courts Apartment Co. v. ParadisDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
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