Legal Opinion
Wojcik v. Boston Herald, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 26, 2004No. 03-P-479PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
Though no privilege allows a newspaper reporter to refuse a discovery request seeking the identity of the source of an allegedly libelous statement, we agree with the defendants that a judge of the Superior Court erred in ordering them to disclose the identities of the “confidential” sources who furnished *511information contributing to the published newspaper stories at issue in the present case.
Background. In 1999, the plaintiff Edward Wojcik was employed by the State Lottery Commission (Lottery) in its Fairhaven office. On August 30 of that year, he was suspended, pending an internal…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Bruno & Stillman, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Wojcik v. Massachusettts State Lottery CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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