Brown v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• need for material, inconsistent statements overrides news reporter’s privilege deprived from First Amendment
• information is essential if it is “material to proof of any element of a criminal offense, or to proof of the defense asserted by the defendant, or to a reduction in the classification or gradation of the offense charged, or to a mitigation of the penalty attached

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Cuthbertson, Gerald M. Appeal of Cbs Inc., Third Party Witness
  Third Circuit· 1980-07-23· cited 198×
• Murray W. (Dusty) Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Transamerican Press of Texas, Inc. And Mike Parkhurst
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-15· cited 151×
• In Re Myron Farber
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-09-21· cited 101×
• Rosato v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-09-08· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Two Juveniles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-10· cited 49×
• People v. Pawlaczyk
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-01-21· cited 38×
• Gilbert v. Allied Chemical Corp.
  E.D. Virginia· 1976-04-06· cited 32×
• State v. Sandstrom
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1978-07-21· cited 31×
• Winegard v. Oxberger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-10-19· cited 31×
• Caldero v. Tribune Publishing Co.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1977-03-04· cited 29×
• State v. Siel
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1982-03-19· cited 28×
• United States v. Jeffrey Sterling
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-07-19· cited 26×
• State v. Rinaldo
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-10-18· cited 21×
• WBAL-TV Div., Hearst Corp. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-12· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Hudok v. Henry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-20· cited 10×
• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-22· cited 10×
• The New York Times Co. v. Gonzales
  S.D. New York· 2005-03-02· cited 7×
• Stickels v. General Rental Co., Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1990-11-09· cited 5×
• State v. Jascalevich
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-09-21· cited 5×
• Clemente v. Clemente
  Arlington County Circuit Court· 2001-11-09· cited 4×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Branzburg v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 2,202×
• United States v. Liddy
  District of Columbia· 1972-12-19· cited 41×
• State v. St. Peter
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1974-02-05· cited 37×