Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Michaels v. Arizona
41 L. Ed. 2d 661
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-06-10
- Topic
- general
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
Citator
- Cited by
- 52 opinions
Appeal from Sup. Ct. Ariz. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.