Reporter's Privilege: Recent State Court Cases

• The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. May 6, 2010)
  • The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. Super. March 11, 2009)
• State of Utah v. Roman (Utah Dist. May 4, 2010) (Deseret News)
• Too Much Media v. Hale (N.J. Super. Ct. Apr. 22, 2010)
  • Transcript of Denial of Motion for Reconsideration (N.J. Super. Ct.) (Sept. 11, 2009)
  • Superior Court decision (June 30, 2009)
• State of Tennessee v. Gutierrez (March 30, 2010) (Gangland Productions)
• Gatehouse Media v. Love (Kan. Feb. 2, 2010) (The Dodge City Globe)
  • In the Matter of an Inquisition (Kan. Dist. Ct. Dec. 9, 2009)
• Cueto v. Chicago Tribune Company (Ill. App. Ct. Oct. 14, 2009) (Belleville News-Democrat)
  • Lower court decision
• People v. Vickers (N.Y. County Ct. July 27, 2009) (Democrat and Chronicle)
• State v. Hubbard (Tex. May 26, 2009) (KIII-TV3)
• People v. Redmond Mercereau (N.Y. Sup. Ct. March 18, 2009) (NBC News)
• Commonwealth v. Riley (Mass. Crim. Ct. Nov. 12, 2008) (CBS/60 Minutes)
• In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena to Julie Sherwood, et al. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Nov. 3, 2008) (Canandaigua Daily Messenger)
• Trump v. O'Brien (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 24, 2008) (Hachette Book Group USA)
  • Hearing on Motion to Compel (Dec. 20, 2006))
• Castellani v. Scranton Times-Tribune, (Penn. Sup. Ct. Sept. 24, 2008) (Scranton Times-Tribune)
  • Dissent
  • Superior Court decision
• Trump v. Sulzberger (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Aug. 20, 2008) (executives of New York Times)
• Sweet v. Sheehan (Fla. Cir. Ct. May 9, 2008) (New York Times)
• Hendrix v. Highsmith (Ga. Super. Ct. May 9, 2008) (FOX5)
• Perito v. Finklestein (N.Y. App. Div. May 6, 2008) (Harcourt Inc.)
  • Trial court decision
• Flores v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Ariz. Ct. App. March 25, 2008) (Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.) 

For a summary of 2008 and 2009 cases, click here.

Cases Involving Anonymous Posters

• The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. May 6, 2010)
  • The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. Super. March 11, 2009)
• Kymberly Clem v. An Unknown Person (Ky. Cir. March 25, 2010) (Richmond Register)
• Vinogradov v. Montana State University (Mont. June 5, 2009) (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) 
• The Alton Telegraph v. Illinois (Ill. Cir. Ct. May 15, 2009)
• Beal v. Calobrisi (Fl. Cir. Ct. Oct. 9, 2008) (Northwest Florida Daily News)
• Doe v. TS (Or. Cir. Ct. Sept. 30, 2008) (Willamette Week and Portland Mercury)
• Doty v. Molnar (Hearing on Motion to Quash (Sept. 3, 2008)) (Billings Gazette)
• Ottingers v. Does (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 27, 2008) (The Journal News)