Today in Supreme Court History: July 23

In re Roche, 448 U.S. 1312 (decided July 23, 1980): Brennan on First Amendment grounds continues stay of subpoena in disciplinary proceeding against state judge requiring news reporter to identify which source on list of witnesses provided which information even though reporter during deposition had already given all the information in substance and identified all sources as being somewhere on the list; Brennan believed cert would be granted but there is no further record of this case

In re Discipline of Quinn, 567 U.S. 955 (decided July 23, 2012): order suspending Brian S. Quinn from practicing before the Court; Quinn later consented to be stricken from the rolls; Pennsylvania Supreme Court disciplinary decision against him recounts drug convictions and related malpractices; he became advocate for overcoming addiction (and does presentations on the topic for the same Continuing Legal Education outfit I do presentations for)