Legal Opinion
Riley v. City of Chester
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 14, 1979No. 79-2528PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Geraldine Oliver, a staff writer for the Delaware County Daily Times for approximately 26 years, who was adjudged by the district court to be in civil contempt because, when questioned by counsel for the plaintiff in a civil action pending in the district court, she refused to identify the source of her information for a newspaper article she wrote. This case raises the question of the circumstances in which a reporter can be compelled to disclose the source of her news stories.
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FACTS
1. The action in the court below was filed on…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- New York Times Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Herbert v. LandoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by110 opinions
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- Zerilli v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Jacqueline Pearson, Individually and as Parent & Natural Guardian of Lindsay Pearson v. Bruce Miller Luzerne County Children & Youth Services, Inc. Luzerne County Children & Youth Services, Inc., Defendant/third-Party v. Kidspeace National Centers for Kids in Crisis, Inc., Third Party Luzerne County Children & Youth Services, Inc. Kidspeace National Centers for Kids in Crisis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Wm. T. Thompson Co. v. General Nutrition Corp., Inc. General Nutrition Corporation and General Nutrition Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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