Tribune Ordered To Fork Over Notes On Cellini Juror

Law360, Chicago (December 13, 2011, 3:19 PM ET) -- A Chicago Tribune journalist must hand over notes from any interviews she had with a juror in the trial of political insider and real estate investor William Cellini about the juror's criminal history and answers during jury selection, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel partly denied the Tribune's emergency motion, also filed Monday, to quash subpoenas that Cellini's lawyers issued to the newspaper and reporter Annie Sweeney on Friday as part of their effort to secure a new trial for...
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