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HEPPS v. PHILA. NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 36.

3 Pa. D. & C. 3d 693 (1977)

Hepps v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

Common Pleas Court of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

March 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Rome and William H. Lamb, for plaintiffs.

David H. Marion and Richard Cantor, for defendants.

SUGERMAN, J., March 16, 1977.

The case before us requires a response to a novel and important question: May a plaintiff in a libel action against a newspaper obtain pretrial discovery of notes made by a reporter while interviewing informants in the course of preparation of a series of news articles thereafter published and allegedly libelous? The question presents an issue of first impression in Pennsylvania...

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