RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. NJM ASSOCIATES


180 N.J. Super. 459 (1981)

435 A.2d 572

RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. NJM ASSOCIATES, A NEW JERSEY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, DOING BUSINESS AS THE NEW JERSEY MONTHLY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Atlantic County.

Decided July 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Schorr for plaintiffs (Sterns, Herbert & Weinroth, attorneys).

Guliet D. Hirsch for defendants (Brener, Wallack, Rosner & Hill, attorneys).


GIBSON, J.S.C.

This is a discovery motion which requires a resolution of the conflict which sometimes arises between the factfinding role of the litigation process and the privilege in favor of confidentiality for news sources. The facts which bring this issue before the court are not in dispute and may be briefly summarized. Plaintiffs instituted a defamation action as a result of an article which appeared in the May 1979 issue of New Jersey Monthly Magazine<...

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