· 8/8/2003
Michael McKevitt v. Abdon Pallasch
Citations
- 339 F.3d 530
- 61 Fed. R. Serv. 1398
- 31 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2141
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 16310
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- the tape recordings of key prosecution witness against the party seeking their production
- “rather than speaking of privilege, courts should simply make sure that a subpoena duces tecum directed to the media, like any other subpoena duces tecum, is reasonable in the circumstances, which is the general criterion for judicial review of subpoenas”
- the Illinois reporter’s privilege is inapplicable in federal question cases
- string cite unaccompanied by explanation not sufficient to preserve argument
- enforcing subpoena against third- party journalists
- enforcing subpoena against third-party journalists
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Judges: Posner, Manion, Rovner
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