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KNIGHT-RIDDER v. GREENBERG

70 N.Y.2d 151 (1987)

In the Matter of Knight-Ridder Broadcasting, Inc., Appellant, v. Sol Greenberg, as Albany County District Attorney, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy B. Dyk, Murray A. Indick and Michael J. Hoblock, Jr., for appellant.

Sol Greenberg, District Attorney, pro se (George H. Barber and Michael J. Connolly of counsel), for Sol Greenberg, respondent.

David A. Wait, Mark Dwyer and Sherrill R. Spatz for the New York State District Attorneys Association, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur with Judge ALEXANDER; Judge BELLACOSA dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judge KAYE concur.

ALEXANDER, J.

The issue presented for our review in this case is whether the Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h) extends its protection to nonconfidential sources or information obtained in the course of gathering or obtaining news for publication. We hold that it does not.

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In February 1986, Knight-Ridder's television station in Albany — WTEN-TV — broadcast on its evening...

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