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AUSTIN v. MEMPHIS PUB. CO.

655 S.W.2d 146 (1983)

Emmy AUSTIN and William L. Austin, Sr., Next of Kin of William L. Austin, Jr., Appellees, v. MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Commercial Appeal and Memphis Press Scimitar, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Johnson, Patrick M. Ardis, Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon & McDonnell, Memphis, for appellees.

Walter P. Armstrong, Jr., Fred M. Ridolphi, Jr., Jon P. McCalla, S. Russell Headrick, Armstrong, Allen, Braden, Goodman, McBride & Prewitt, Memphis, Bruce W. Sanford, Lee Levine, Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

We granted defendant's T.R.A.P. 11 appeal to determine whether the qualified privilege against disclosure granted the news media under Tennessee's Shield Law, T.C.A. § 24-1-208,1 is contingent upon a finding that the information or source of information sought was obtained in the course of a confidential newsman-informant relationship.

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