Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bowden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 2003No. 34 and 35 EAP 2002, 36 and 37 EAP 2002PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Justice NIGRO.
This appeal concerns the scope of the Pennsylvania Shield Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942, the reach of the qualified reporters’ privilege to refuse to disclose sources and materials, and the propriety of a contempt sanction imposed on two reporters for refusing to provide prosecutors with statements made by a criminal defendant while being interviewed prior to his trial.
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During a protracted 1‘eud with local drug dealers in his North Philadelphia neighborhood, Brian Tyson shot and killed *156one dealer, a twenty-three year-old named Damon Millner. Tyson readily admitted…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. HeppsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Coker v. SM Flickinger Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- United States v. Cuthbertson, Gerald M. Appeal of Cbs Inc., Third Party WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by42 opinions
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