Storer Communications, Inc. v. Giovan

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Bradley Stone, a television reporter, appeals from the district court’s denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The writ had been sought on the ground that Stone would be held in custody in violation of the United States Constitution if an order of a Michigan court, holding him in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena from a county grand jury to give evidence, were enforced as scheduled. The first question raised by the appeal is whether Stone was entitled to a privilege under the first amendment to the United States Constitution to withhold…