Legal Opinion
Matter of Contempt of Wright
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1985No. 15091Published
1Opinion of the Court
700 P.2d 40 (1985)
108 Idaho 418
In the Matter of CONTEMPT OF Court by Jim WRIGHT, Appellant.
STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Gary KISS, Defendant-Respondent.
No. 15091.
Supreme Court of Idaho.
April 29, 1985.
Charles A. Brown, Lewiston, for appellant.
Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Boise, and Richard George Whitehead, Lewiston, for plaintiff-respondent.
HUNTLEY, Justice.
By this appeal we are asked to determine whether there exists under the United States or the Idaho Constitution a newsperson's qualified privilege to refuse to disclose confidential sources. We hold there is…
Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.
2Cases cited52 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Grosjean v. American Press Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Funk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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