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STAR EDITORIAL, INC. v. U.S. DIST. CT. FOR C.D. OF CAL.

No. 93-70366.

7 F.3d 856 (1993)

STAR EDITORIAL, INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. Rodney Dangerfield, Real Party-in-Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Grossenbacher, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, CA and Slade R. Metcalf, Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent, Sheinfeld & Sorkin, New York City, for petitioner.

Deborah Drooz, Langberg, Leslie, Mann & Gabriel, Los Angeles, CA, for respondent and real party-in-interest.

Before: HUG, WIGGINS, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Star Editorial, Inc. ("the Star"), seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its March 22, 1993, discovery order compelling the Star to disclose the identities of its confidential sources of information for an article it published about Rodney Dangerfield, a well-known entertainer, the real party in interest. We deny the petition.

I.

FACTS

On September 11, 1990, the petitioner...

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