Court Opinion

ID: 9523470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:42:55.240744+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:05:49.546574
License: Public Domain

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the decision of the majority, but write separately to note only a qualified agreement with the majority’s discussion of a First Amendment journalist’s privilege. I agree that within the procedural context of this case, respondent is not entitled to prevail upon assertion of a *819First Amendment journalist’s privilege. Nevertheless, I concur because I conclude that in a different context, I may well construe the First Amendment journalist’s privilege more broadly than does the majority. My need to concur is further amplified by the fact that, in light of our decision in Weinberger v. Maplewood Review, 668 N.W.2d 667 (Minn.2003) (Justice Helen Meyer dissenting, joined by Justice Paul H. Anderson), I do not share the majority’s confidence that the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act as construed by our court leaves journalists sufficiently protected against improper demands to compel disclosure of their sources.