Legal Opinion
Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 13, 2011No. Docket 10-1918-cv(L), 10-1966-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kaplan, J.) compelling disclosure for use in proceedings in foreign tribunals. The appeal involves the application of the qualified evidentiary privilege for information gathered during a journalistic investigation, sometimes described as the “press privilege” or “journalist’s privilege.”
The appeal is brought by Joseph Berlinger, a respondent in the § 1782 proceeding. Berlinger created a documentary film, entitled Crude, about a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Cobbledick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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- Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by43 opinions
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