JOSEPH A. MARESSA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
NEW JERSEY MONTHLY AND HENDRIX F.C. NIEMANN AND CHRISTOPHER LEACH AND MICHAEL ARON AND TERESA CARPENTER AND HARVEY FISHER AND ROBERT NARUS, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
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Argued January 11, 1982.
Decided May 6, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alan M. Wallack argued the cause for appellants (Brener, Wallack & Hill, attorneys; Alan M. Wallack and Joseph C. Mahon, on the brief).
Arthur B. Hanson, a member of the District of Columbia Bar, argued the cause for amicus curiae American Newspaper Publishers Association (Jamieson, McCardell, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys; Arthur B. Hanson, Frank M. Northam, Mitchell W. Dale and Arthur D. McKey, members of the District of Columbia Bar, of counsel; Thomas C. Jamieson, Jr. and Frances Goldmark, on the brief).
Benjamin Goldstein argued the cause for respondent (Maressa, Goldstein, Birsner & Patterson, attorneys; Benjamin Goldstein and Nancy D. Gold, on the brief).
Thomas J. Cafferty and Frances Goldmark submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae New Jersey Press Association and the Trenton Times Corporation (Seiffert, Frisch, McGimpsey & Cafferty and Jamieson, McCardell, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys).
Peter G. Banta submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The Bergen Evening Record Corporation (Winne, Banta & Rizzi, attorneys; Peter G. Banta and Donald A. Klein, of counsel).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by PASHMAN, J.
Twice in recent years, this Court has mediated between a newsperson's right not to disclose confidential information and a criminal defendant's right to compel the production of witnesses in his or her favor. State v. Boiardo,82 N.J. 446 (1980); In re Farber,78 N.J. 259 (1978). We have held that the New Jersey Shield Law, N.J.S.A...
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