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The Newsman's Privilege: An Empirical Study, Vince Blasi
The Newsman's Privilege: An Empirical Study, Vince Blasi
Michigan Law Review
Today, the statutory, common-law, and constitutional aspects of the long-dormant problem are being re-examined by many legislators, judges, and academicians. The Supreme Court is scheduled to address the constitutional question some time this term. I propose to enter this fray. In this article, I will report the results of an empirical survey that I have undertaken. In subsequent articles, I will analyze the eighteen state statutes that grant newsmen a privilege, consider whether protection for the reporter-news source relationship is compelled by existing common-law principles, and address the question whether a newsman's privilege is properly to be inferred from the …
Interlocutory Appeal Procedures In Administrative Hearings, Ernest Gellhorn, Paul B. Larsen
Interlocutory Appeal Procedures In Administrative Hearings, Ernest Gellhorn, Paul B. Larsen
Michigan Law Review
There are, therefore, substantial arguments for and against permitting interlocutory review of an examiner's rulings. With so even a balance in principle, factual analysis of agency practices becomes critical. This study measures agency practice against the standard that hearing procedures must be fair, and unnecessary delay is as unfair to the parties and the public as are arbitrary and erroneous interlocutory rulings.