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PARSONS v. WATSON

Civ. A. No. 90-142 MMS.

778 F.Supp. 214 (1991)

Herman B. PARSONS, Plaintiff, v. Robert J. WATSON, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Delaware Department of Corrections, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Shiels of Brown, Shiels & Chasanov, Dover, Del., for plaintiff.

Lawrence H. Lewis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for defendant.

David L. Finger of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for movant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.

This is a motion to quash a subpoena filed by Carolyn Lewis ("Lewis"), a reporter for the Wilmington News Journal and a non-party. Lewis asserts the "reporter's privilege" as the basis for her motion to quash. The applicability of the reporter's privilege must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis in light of the facts and circumstances presented. Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U...

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