Word: branzburg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Supreme Court ruling involved three reporters who refused to answer grand jury questions. Caldwell and Paul Pappas of WTEV in New Bedford, Mass., were summoned for questioning about what they had learned in their coverage of Black Panther activities. Paul Branzburg, then of the Louisville Courier-Journal, was interrogated about his sources for stories on local drug traffic. Despite the June ruling, no effort has yet been made to recall either Caldwell or Pappas for questioning. The reason, Caldwell speculates, is loss of official interest in the Panthers and a wish to avoid controversy with the press in an election...
...earlier court decision said that relevance was of no consequence or very little consequence," said William P. Homans '41, an attorney for Popkin. But the Supreme Court in Branzburg vs. Hayes, stressed the importance of relevance in grand jury inquiries. And that, said Popkin, "is what we've been saying all along. We know we have to answer the questions--but they have to be screened carefully...
...earlier court decision said that relevance was of no consequence or very little consequence," Homans said. But in light of the June 28 Supreme Court decision in Branzburg vs. Hayes, which stressed the importance of relevance in grand jury inquiries, that point may take on much more importance, he added...
...Court rules on three pending subpoena cases in which the Justice Department is seeking to force reporters to reveal confidential sources for stories. Times Reporter Earl Caldwell and Newsman Paul Pappas of WTEV in New Bedford, Mass., refused to discuss Black Panther activities for grand juries, and Reporter Paul Branzburg of the Louisville Courier-Journal balked at identifying, for yet another grand jury, marijuana and hashish peddlers he had interviewed for a story on drugs...