Legal Opinion
Range Development Company of Chisholm v. Star Tribune, Paul McEnroe
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 12, 2016No. A16-122PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JESSON, Judge.
In this defamation action, appellant-journalist Paúl McEnroe seeks review of the district court’s order compelling him to reveal the identity of a source who supplied him with a government report critical of respondent-plaintiff Range Development Company (Range),. owner of an assisted-liying center, Because we conclude that, under the defamation exception to the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act, Minnesota Statutes sections 595.021-.025 (2014), a plaintiff seeking to discover the identity of a journalist’s confidential source must make an affirmative showing that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Bruno & Stillman, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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