Oak Beach Inn Corp. v. Babylon Beacon, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OF COUNSEL I. The “Shield Law” of the State of New York is not a barrier to the disclosure ordered by the trial court.
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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. The “Shield Law” of the State of New York is not a barrier to the disclosure ordered by the trial court. (.People v Monroe, 82 Mise 2d 850; Matter of Andrews v Andreoli, 92 Mise 2d 410; People v Zagarino, 97 Mise 2d 181; Branzburg v Hayes, 408 US 665; New York Times Co. v Sullivan, 376 US 254; People v Cruz, 48 NY2d 419; People v Iannaccone, 112 Mise 2d 1057; People v Le Grand, 67 AD2d 446; Matter of Back [Beni Broadcasting}, 101 Mise 2d 490; Matter of Wolf v People, 69 Mise 2d 256, 39 AD2d 864.) II. The sanctions imposed by the court below were appropriate since…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The question on this appeal is whether a newspaper, which has been sued for publishing an allegedly libelous letter to the editor, can be precluded from answering the complaint or making any defense to the suit if it refuses to *162disclose to the plaintiff the name of the person who wrote the letter. The trial court found the sanction appropriate for refusal to comply with its order directing the newspaper to satisfy plaintiff’s demand for disclosure of the letter writer’s identity. The Appellate Division reversed relying on section 79-h of the Civil Rights Law,…
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