Legal Opinion
Gulliver's Periodicals, Ltd. v. Chas. Levy Circulating Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 7, 1978No. 77 C 547PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LEIGHTON, District Judge.
This private antitrust suit has generated a discovery controversy between the lead defendant, the Chas. Levy Circulating Company, Inc., and the Chicago Reader, a newspaper publisher, along with two of its contributing reporters concerning a deposition at which the reporters will be questioned about their sources for an article they wrote for the publisher. The publisher and the reporters have moved to quash the deposition subpoenas on the ground that the information sought is irrelevant and immaterial; but more importantly, that the publisher and the…
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