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|issues=Whether the first amendment prohibits a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper’s breach of a promise of confidentiality given to the plaintiff in exchange for information. | |issues=Whether the first amendment prohibits a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper’s breach of a promise of confidentiality given to the plaintiff in exchange for information. | ||
|holding=The court considered enforcing the confidentiality promise under [[promissory estoppel]], but the '''Minnesota Supreme Court''' ultimately decided to elevate the newspapers' First Amendment rights. | |holding=The court considered enforcing the confidentiality promise under [[promissory estoppel]], but the '''Minnesota Supreme Court''' ultimately decided to elevate the newspapers' First Amendment rights. | ||
|judgment=Reversed. | |judgment=Reversed. | ||
|rule=In deciding whether it would be unjust not to enforce the promise, the court must necessarily weigh the same considerations that are weighed for whether the First Amendment has been violated. | |rule=In deciding whether it would be unjust not to enforce the promise, the court must necessarily weigh the same considerations that are weighed for whether the First Amendment has been violated. |