Paris, Ill. (ECWd) –
Attorney Douglas Stewart, attorney for Plaintiff Gerard Scott Jr., thought it was a good idea to issue a subpoena to the Edgar County Watchdogs, reporters and news medium organization, for records related to an alleged source located in St. Clair County, Illinois.
Read about the lawsuit here.
After learning of a subpoena being issued, I emailed the attorney and asked him to voluntarily withdraw it, but he refused.
The Illinois Reporter’s Privilege Act was designed to protect the sources and records of reporters and news media from being discovered during litigation.
We will soon file a Motion to Quash under this Act, and we should prevail in the motion as we have in every other motion to quash subpoenas issued to us in the past 13 years when we were not a party in the litigation.
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