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Ruling by U.S. court (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. In an historic decision last week, the United States Court of Appeals required the Federal Government to show a pressing need for evidence, before it could require a journalist to testify in a secret Grand Jury proceeding. ' The decision supported the refusal of a reporter for the “New York Times,” Mr Ear! Caldwell, to testify in an investigation of the Black Panther Party. Mr Caldwell is bljck. The Court held that “where it has been shown that the public’s FirstAmendment right to be informed would be jeopardised by requiring a journalist to submit to secret Grand-Jury interrogation, the .Government must respond by demonstrating a compelling need for the witness’s presence before judicial process properly can issue an instruction to require attendance.”
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32462, 24 November 1970, Page 20
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