Legal Opinion
Clampitt v. Thurston County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1983No. 47860-1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*640Utter, J.
This case requires application and explication of our holding in Senear v. Daily Journal-American, 97 Wn.2d 148, 641 P.2d 1180 (1982) that a reporter has a qualified privilege against disclosure of the identity of a confidential source. The lower court issued an order compelling petitioner David Hendrick, a reporter for The Daily Olympian, to identify such a source. Petitioner sought discretionary review by this court which we granted. We vacate the trial court's order and remand for further proceedings on the ground that there was not a sufficient showing to defeat petitioner's…
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