Litigants: | Von Bulow v. Von Bulow |
Courtseal: | Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.svg |
Arguedate: | December 19, |
Argueyear: | 1986 |
Decidedate: | February 10, |
Decideyear: | 1987 |
Fullname: | Martha von Bulow v. Claus von Bulow, et al |
Citations: | 811 F.2d 136 (2nd Cir. 1987) 55 USLW 2462 7 Fed.R.Serv.3d 389, 22 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 737 13 Media L. Rep. 2041 |
Subsequent: | Certiorari denied April 20, 1987, 107 S.Ct. 1891. |
Majority: | Timbers |
Joinmajority: | Meskill, Kearse |
Von Bulow v. Von Bulow, 811 F.2d 136 (2nd Cir. 1987),[1] was a case appealed from a contempt ruling after a United States District Court rejected the claim of a reporter's privilege by Claus von Bulow and Andrea Reynolds.
Reynolds, a paralegal, appealed a contempt ruling after she refused to submit an unpublished document for discovery. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the contempt order. The Court reasoned that a person who had gathered information for private use without the intent to gather the information as part of an investigation for a publication was not entitled to a reporter's privilege.