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Peer reviewedMehra, Achal – Journalism Quarterly, 1982
Concludes that federal courts subpoena reporters less often and uphold subpoenas less often than do state courts. (FL)
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Role, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech
Mehra, Achal – 1982
Nine years after the 1972 Supreme Court ruling in *Branzburg v. Hayes" that journalists enjoy no constitutional privilege to withhold the names of sources and to conceal information from grand jury proceedings, a study was conducted to determine the courts' attitudes toward journalists' privilege and to test commonly held beliefs about its…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
