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TAYLOR v. MISKOVSKY

No. 54820.

640 P.2d 959 (1981)

Jack H. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. George MISKOVSKY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierson, Ball & Dowd by David Machanic and Michael Minnis, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

E. Joe Lankford and Everett J. Sweeney, Norman, for appellee.

Bob Lake Grove, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, The Society of Professional Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi, The Oklahoma Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi.

Jerry D. Sokolosky, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Press Ass'n and the Reporters' Freedom of the Press Committee.

BARNES, Vice Chief Justice:

This is an appeal of a conviction for direct civil contempt of Jack H. Taylor, an investigative reporter employed by the Oklahoma Publishing Company, arising out of Mr. Taylor's refusal to comply with a subpoena duces tecum, or to answer certain questions propounded to him at a deposition by Appellee's counsel in a defamation action brought by Appellee against the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

George Miskovsky, a candidate for the...

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