SENEAR v. DAILY JOURNAL AMERICAN

No. 7284-6-I.

27 Wn. App. 454 (1980)

618 P.2d 536

JOHN A. SENEAR, Respondent, v. THE DAILY JOURNAL-AMERICAN, Petitioner.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

October 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klingberg & Reitsch, Gerry A. Reitsch, Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, and P. Cameron DeVore, for petitioner.

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester and Lyle Iversen, for respondent.

Camden M. Hall and G. Richard Hill on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers, amici curiae for petitioner.


CALLOW, C.J.

This is an appeal from a Superior Court order compelling disclosure by a newspaper reporter of the names of confidential news sources. The issue before this court is whether a newsperson's privilege against disclosure of confidential news sources in a civil action for libel is to be found in the first amendment of the constitution. While a newspaper's right to publish is firmly established under the First Amendment, left unsettled is whether the First...

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