Legal Opinion
United States v. Criden
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 10, 1980No. 80-2001PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
In United States v. Cuthbertson, 630 F.2d 139, (3d Cir. 1980), we held that CBS had a qualified privilege, partially overridden in that case, not to disclose unpublished information in its possession in criminal cases. Earlier, in Riley v. City of Chester, 612 F.2d 708 (3d Cir. 1979), a civil case, we emphasized that special circumstances exist in a criminal case that must be considered in evaluating a witness’ claim of journalists’ privilege. Specifically, the trial court must consider whether the reporter is alleged to possess evidence relevant to…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by60 opinions
- United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Mark v. Shoen v. Leonard Samuel Shoen, Edward J. Shoen v. Leonard Samuel Shoen, Ronald J. WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Karl O. Hoehne and Phyllis Hoehne v. County of San Benito Henry Solorio Frank Sabbatini Enos Silva and Edward LydonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. CuthbertsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Commonwealth v. BowdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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