Legal Opinion
Edward L. Carey v. Britt Hume, Jack Anderson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 5, 1974No. 71-1736PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:
The troublesome legal issue of the compelled disclosure by a journalist of his sources of information gave rise to this interlocutory appeal (28 U.S.C. § 1292(b)) from the District Court. It comes to us in the context of a civil action for libel, as contrasted with the criminal setting in which the Supreme Court has most recently examined the question and sustained compulsion. Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665, 92 S.Ct. 2646, 33 L.Ed.2d 626 (1972). Although there may be discernible degrees of difference in the social interests attaching to the exaction of testimony in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by155 opinions
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- Steaks Unlimited, Inc. v. Donna Deaner and Wtae-Tv4 and Hearst CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Murray W. (Dusty) Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Transamerican Press of Texas, Inc. And Mike ParkhurstCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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