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STATE v. BUCHANAN

436 P.2d 729 (1968)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Annette Lesley BUCHANAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur C. Johnson, Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Leslie M. Swanson, Jr., Edwin C. Thomas, III, and Johnson, Johnson & Harrang, Eugene.

John B. Leahy, Dist. Atty., Eugene, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

William P. Rogers and Royall, Koegel, Rogers & Wells, New York City, filed a brief for the American Society of Newspaper Editors as amicus curiae.

Gerald J. Norville, Herbert M. Schwab, and Rives & Rodgers, Portland, filed a brief for Sigma Delta Chi as amicus curiae.

Keith D. Skelton, Eugene, filed a brief for the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Assn. as amicus curiae.

Before PERRY, C.J., and McALLISTER, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE and HOLMAN, JJ.

GOODWIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of contempt of court. The only issue is whether freedom of the press1 gives a newspaper reporter the constitutional right2 to preserve the anonymity of an informer in the face of a court order requiring disclosure.

Conceding that neither she nor her informers had statutory3 or common-law

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