ALBANY — New York’s Shield Law may be invoked by Fox News reporter Jana Winter to block a subpoena issued by a Colorado court to compel her to reveal her sources for an article about James Holmes, the “Batman” theater shooter, a divided Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
Writing for the 4-3 majority, Judge Victoria Graffeo (See Profile) said in Holmes v. Winter, 245, that allowing a New York court to uphold the Colorado subpoena “would offend our strong public policy—a common law, statutory and constitutional tradition that has played a significant role in this State becoming the media capital of the country if not the world.”
