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Kansas Supreme Court grant temporary stay for reporter asked to testify

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January 19, 2010

Dodge City, Kansas: The Kansas Supreme Court has granted Claire O'Brien's requested for a temporary stay of enforcement of a subpoena that would require her testify at an inquisition in Ford County. Prosecutors are planning to force her to reveal the name of a confidential source and information from her unpublished notes as they related to a man from Dodge City charged with the Labor Day shootings.[1]

The court order will stay in effect until the court declares otherwise.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nebraska TV W. Kansas reporter asks Supreme Court to intervene, January 19, 2010

Kansas courts

Federal courts:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Kansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Kansas

State courts:

Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Court of Appeals • Kansas District Courts • Kansas Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Kansas • Kansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kansas

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