LAMBERTO v. BOWN

No. 67036.

326 N.W.2d 305 (1982)

Roman N. LAMBERTO, Plaintiff, v. Hon. Thomas BOWN, Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara M. Mack and Michael Giudicessi, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Edward W. Dailey and David A. Hirsch of Edward W. Dailey Law Offices, P.C., Burlington, for defendant.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

Roman Nicholas Lamberto, a newspaper reporter, wrote a story about a suit filed by Donald Gartin against Dan McAllister. During McAllister's deposition of him, Lamberto refused to relate details of conversations with Gartin and to produce documents demanded by McAllister, claiming a first amendment privilege as recognized in Winegard v. Oxberger, 258 N.W.2d 847 (Iowa 1977). The deposition was continued to...

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