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SPOONER v. TOWN OF TOPSHAM

No. 06-208.

937 A.2d 641 (2007)

2007 VT 98

James H. SPOONER v. TOWN OF TOPSHAM.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin L. Hobson, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrea L. Gallitano of Otterman and Allen, P.C., Barre, for Defendant-Appellee Town of Topsham.

Robert B. Hemley and Megan J. Shafritz of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee Buermeyer.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ., and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J.

The question presented is whether, under the qualified privilege for reporters first recognized by this Court in State v. St. Peter, 132 Vt. 266, 315 A.2d 254 (1974), a newspaper reporter may properly refuse to testify as to events he witnessed at a public selectboard hearing where such events, though observed by others, are relevant to significant issues in a pending civil lawsuit. We hold that, on the...

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