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COM. v. BOWDEN

838 A.2d 740 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Mark BOWDEN and Linn Washington, Jr., Appellees. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, v. Brian Tyson, Appeal of Mark Bowden and Linn Washington, Jr.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns, Ronald Eisenberg, Karen A. Brancheau, Philadelphia, for Com.

Benjamin Charles Dunlap, Jr., Craig J. Staudenmaier, Harrisburg, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.

Teri L. Henning, amicus curiae, for Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

Robert C. Clothier, Robert C. Heim, Amy B. Ginensky, for Mark Bowden.

Simone White, Ronald A. White, Philadelphia, for Linn Washington, Jr.

Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Justice NIGRO.

This appeal concerns the scope of the Pennsylvania Shield Law, 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942, the reach of the qualified reporters' privilege to refuse to disclose sources and materials, and the propriety of a contempt sanction imposed on two reporters for refusing to provide prosecutors with statements made by a criminal defendant while being interviewed prior to his trial...

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