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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Ind. Courts - "Star seeks court ruling on anonymous posts"
Updating this ILB entry from March 6th, the Indianapolis Star reports today, in a brief item, that:
The Indianapolis Star has asked the Indiana Court of Appeals to decide, possibly for the first time, whether the state's journalism Shield Law and state and U.S. constitutions protect media outlets from being forced to disclose the identities of anonymous posters to their websites. * * *The ILB earlier was able to obtain a copy of Judge Reid's brief Order Compelling Non-Party Discovery against the Indianapolis Star. The ILB would also be pleased to post the appeal briefs. The case does not yet appeal on the appellate docket."The order decides an issue of law heretofore not addressed by an Indiana appellate court," The Star said in a motion to delay Superior Court Judge S.K. Reid's order while the appeal is pending. * * *
The Star contends that the state's Shield Law, which protects media outlets from being forced to reveal sources of information they gather, applies in the case, as do constitutional rights to free speech.
The Star isn't a defendant in the lawsuit, so it's asking that the Millers be ordered to pay its legal fees in the appeal.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 23, 2011 07:54 AM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions