593 F.2d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 1978) Cited 97 times 3 Legal Analyses
In Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. AT & T, 593 F.2d 1030 (D.C.Cir.1978), which addressed a First Amendment challenge regarding access to journalists' phone records and describing Branzburg as foreclosing "case-by-case consideration," we declared, "Good faith investigation interests always override a journalist's interest in protecting his source."