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IN RE SHAIN

No. 91-2284.

978 F.2d 850 (1992)

In re Andrew SHAIN; Sid Gaulden; Cindi Ross Scoppe; Schuyler Kropf, Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jefferson Marion LONG, Jr., a/k/a "Bud" Long, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Jay Bender, Charles E. Baker, Baker, Barwick, Ravenel & Bender, Columbia, S.C., argued, for appellants.

Dean Arthur Eichelberger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., argued (John S. Simmons, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Four members of the press in South Carolina,1 who have covered the highly publicized investigation and prosecution of certain members of the South Carolina legislature for accepting bribes to influence their vote on a pari-mutuel betting bill, assert a qualified privilege, grounded on the First Amendment, against being compelled to testify in the criminal trial of one of the legislators about...

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