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WEINBERGER v. MAPLEWOOD REVIEW

No. C7-01-2021.

668 N.W.2d 667 (2003)

Richard WEINBERGER, petitioner, Appellant, and Independent School District No. 622, et. al., Defendants, v. MAPLEWOOD REVIEW, et. al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Cooper, Stacey R. Everson, The Cooper Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Mark A. Anfinson, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

John Borger, Eric E. Jorstad, Patricia R. Stembridge, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists.

Lucy A. Dalglish, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Society of Professional Journalists; The Newspaper Guild-CWA; and The Minnesota Newspaper Guild Typographical Union in Support of Respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

This appeal arises from appellant Richard Weinberger's motion to compel the Maplewood Review and two of its reporters, Jason Tarasek and Wally Wakefield,1 to disclose the identity of certain sources quoted in an article published by the Maplewood Review in January of 1997. Weinberger sought the identity of the sources in connection with a lawsuit he brought against Independent School District...

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