Legal Opinion
Charles Baker v. F & F Investment
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1972No. 173, Docket 72-1413PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
This unusu.al interlocutory appeal involves the validity of a district judge’s decision refusing to compel a journalist to disclose confidential news sources. Appellants here are plaintiffs in a federal class action pending in the Northern District of Illinois, 1 a ease which involves alleged racial discrimination in the sale of houses to Negroes in Chicago. Appellants moved in the Southern District of New York for an order under Rule 37, F.R.Civ.P., 2 to compel Alfred Balk, a journalist, to answer questions posed to him during the taking of his oral…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Blackmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Alexander v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by209 opinions
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- United States v. James Burke, Anthony Perla, Rocco Perla, and Richard KuhnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Bruno & Stillman, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Zerilli v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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