DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 23.15
Confidential Sources
CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES
During the trial, you occasionally heard witnesses refer to confidential sources.
The law recognizes that people often will not disclose information to a news reporter
unless the reporter promises confidentiality. The law gives journalists the right to
keep their sources confidential. Reporters and their editors are allowed to refuse to
disclose the names of sources. Similarly, certain information about which a reporter
or editor testified has been deleted from documents that you have seen, if it might
tend to disclose the identity of a confidential source. You must not draw any adverse
conclusion solely from the fact that a reporter or editor chose not to disclose a
confidential source’s identity.
At the same time, parties often disagree about the existence and content of
confidential conversations. You should resolve any such disputes based on all the
evidence before you.
Provenance
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- courts.delaware.gov
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- 2026-09-23
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- civ-2025-10-22
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