This case came before a panel of the Supreme Court on November 18, 1997, on the motion of the plaintiff, Patricia Lett (Lett), to dismiss the appeal of the defendant, the Providence Journal Company (Journal). The Journal appealed from a Superior Court order granting a motion to compel filed by Lett. That order directed the Journal to reveal the identities of several sources used by one of its reporters in writing an article about Lett. In addition...
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