Wheeler v. Goulart

This is an expedited appeal from the trial court’s order entered during the course of a civil trial now in progress adjudging appellant, a news reporter under subpoena as a witness, in civil contempt for refusing to answer certain questions put to her by counsel for the litigants. Also before us is the consolidated appeal from the trial court’s memorandum opinion and order (the “Opinion”) entered two days previously which denied the motion to quash the trial subpoena directed to appellant.

We attach a copy of that Opinion as an appendix. There, the trial court succinctly set forth the issue…