Legal Opinion
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1998No. A080694PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLINE, P. J.
The underlying issue in this case relates to the right to privacy. Whether that right was violated cannot be determined, however, without the disclosure of relevant evidence. The question before us now is whether such disclosure can be compelled without violence to the First Amendment values requiring protection of a journalist’s confidential sources and information.
Petitioners Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (ADL) and Roy Bullock seek to set aside a discovery order issued by respondent superior court (Judge Alex Saldamando) on September 19, 1997, granting…
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