Home Browse Media Law Resources Guides 10th Cir. - Privilege Compendium VI. Substantive law on contesting subpoenas B. Elements

3. Balancing of interests

The court must weigh the consequences of disclosure from denying or sustaining the subpoena with the claimed qualified First Amendment privilege. See Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp., 563 F.2d 433, 438 (10th Cir. 1977).