UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
The author discusses the impact of the Farr and Fresno Four decisions on the California Newsmen's Shield Law, Evidence Code § 1070. First the author discusses the history of shield laws, tracing the competing concerns with the newsman's "right to know" and the fair administration' of justice. He uses this background as a means of analyzing the meaning and scope of § 1070. Then the author turns'to the specific decisions in Farr and the Fresno Four, analyzing their impact on the shield law. He concludes with a look at the proposed constitutional amendment to reverse the results in the two decisions.
Recommended Citation
Albert G. Pickerell,
Newsmen's Shield Laws and Subpoenas: California's Farr and the Fresno Four,
1 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 101
(1977).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol1/iss1/3
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