Reporter loses subpoena appeal because she's already testified
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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled in In re Struzzi that the qualified reporter's privilege did not protect a reporter from a prosecutor's subpoena to testify in a murder trial because the reporter's already having offered testimony made the issue moot. Struzzi argued that she was protected by a constitutional qualified reporter's privilege despite the absence of a shield law in Virginia and that she should be compelled to comply with the subpoena only if the prosecutor could show her testimony was critical to the case.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1998
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Court quashes Graco subpoena for NBC outtakes: child swing company failed to show tapes were essential, unavailable elsewhere
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The US Court of Appeals in New York City in Apr 1996 quashed a subpoena requiring NBC to turn over to Graco Children's Products outtakes from interviews with people then suing Graco. The 3-0 decision reversed an order by New York's federal District Court holding NBC in contempts and fining it $5000 per day until the tapes were handed over. The Court of Appeals found Graco did not show that information on the tapes was essential and unavailable elsewhere.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1996
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