Davis v. Glanton’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 2025
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · United States v. Nixon · United States v. Cuthbertson · Riley v. City of Chester · Taylor and Selby Appeals
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The qualified First Amendment [reporter's] privilege protects members of the news media from divulging their sources, including unpublished information. See United States v. Cuthbertson, 630 F.2d 139 , 147 (3d Cir.1980) ; Riley v. City of Chester, 612 F.2d 708 , 714-15 (3d Cir.1979). This privilege, designed to protect freedom of the press by insuring a free flow of information to reporters, will be overcome only where a demonstrated, specific need for evidence presents a paramount interest to which the privilege must yield. Riley v. City of Chester, supra at 715-716 (citing United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 , 713, 94 S.Ct. 3090 , 41 L.Ed.2d 1039 (1974) ). The determination of whether the privilege has been overcome must be made on a case-by-case basis, balancing the rights of reporters under the First Amendment against the interests of those seeking the information the reporters possess. Id.; McMenamin v. Tartaglione, 139 Pa.Cmwlth. 269 , 590 A.2d 802 , 811 (1991). This balancing of interests will tip in favor of disclosure of information where: 1) the information sought is material, relevant and necessary; 2) there is a strong showing that it cannot be obtained by alternative means, and 3) the information is crucial to the plaintiff's case. Riley v. City of Chester, supra at 716-717 ; McMenamin v. Tartaglione, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) General rule. - No person engaged on, connected with, or employed by any newspaper of general circulation or any press association or any radio or television station, or any magazine of general circulation, for the purpose of gathering, procuring, compiling, editing or publishing news, shall be required to disclose the source of any information procured or obtained by such person, in any legal proceeding, trial or investigation before any government unit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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