Legal Opinion
Murray W. (Dusty) Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Transamerican Press of Texas, Inc. And Mike Parkhurst
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1980No. 78-1206PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
In this 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) interlocutory appeal, we decided whether the plaintiff in a libel suit can compel discovery of the identity of a confidential source of the journalist defendants. We conclude that he can.
Murray W. (Dusty) Miller, Secretary-Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, sued Transamerican Press and Mike Parkhurst for libel. Transamerican Press, a California corporation, published Overdrive, a magazine which had national distribution to truckers. 1 Parkhurst, a California citizen, was editor and publisher. For convenience, we refer to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by146 opinions
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