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· 12/4/1972

MaGee v. Superior Court of San Francisco County

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 1036
  • 93 S. Ct. 538

How courts have described this case

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  • suggesting that taking of 60 depositions is reasonable prerequisite to compelling disclosure
  • disclosure compelled in libel suit of defendant reporter’s source of information on which the alleged libel was based
  • court ordered disclosure of a confidential source where the allegedly libelous statement was based entirely on confidential sources and the plaintiff had no way of proving falsity or reckless disregard without knowledge of the identity of those sources
  • court ordered disclosure of a confidential source where the allegedly libelous statement was based en tirely on confidential sources and the plaintiff had no way of proving falsity or reckless disregard without knowledge of the identity of those sources

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