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Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
Branzburg v. Hayes No. 70-85 Argued February 23, 1972 Decided June 29, 1972* 408 U.S. 665
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY
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The First Amendment does not relieve a newspaper reporter of the obligation that all citizens have to respond to a grand jury subpoena and answer questions relevant to a criminal investigation, and therefore the Amendment does not afford him a constitutional testimonial privilege for an agreement he makes to conceal facts relevant to a grand jury’s investigation of a crime or to conceal the criminal conduct of his source or evidence thereof. Pp. 679-709.
No. 705, 461 S.W.2d 345, and Kentucky Court of Appeals judgment in unreported case of Branzburg v. Meigs, and No. 70-94, 358 Mass. 604, 266 N.E.2d 297, affirmed; No. 70-57, 434 F.2d 1081, reversed.
WHITE, J., wrote the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BLACKMUN, POWELL, and REHNQUIST, JJ., joined. POWELL, J., filed a concurring opinion, post, p. 709. DOUGLAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 711. STEWART, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BRENNAN and MARSHALL, JJ., joined, post, p. 725.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972) in 408 U.S. 665 408 U.S. 667. Original Sources, accessed May 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=W7C2TCBVRYBWU6Q.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), in 408 U.S. 665, page 408 U.S. 667. Original Sources. 20 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=W7C2TCBVRYBWU6Q.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972). cited in 1972, 408 U.S. 665, pp.408 U.S. 667. Original Sources, retrieved 20 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=W7C2TCBVRYBWU6Q.
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