Legal Opinion
In Re Appeal of Goodfader
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1961No. 4143PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*318OPINION OP THE COURT BY
CASSIDY, J.
We are concerned on this appeal with the authority of a court to compel a newspaper reporter to divulge his source of confidential information.
Nesta M. Gallas, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, instituted an action in the court below against the members of the Civil Service Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, seeking her reinstatement as personnel director of the commission, from which position she had been discharged by a three-to-two vote of the members of the commission at a meeting held on December 16, 1957. It is alleged that the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Alfonso J. Cervantes v. Time, Inc., and Denny WalshCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- In the Matter of Paul PappasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Democratic National Committee v. McCordDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1973
- Kawamoto v. YasutakeHawaii Supreme Court · 1966
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