Richard Jewell is back in court, seeking the confidential sources of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which he says he needs to proceed with his libel suit against the paper, for its coverage of the 1996 Atlanta bombings in which it was reported that Jewell was a suspect.

The matter is back in the trial court after an Appeals Court reversed its ruling:

The panel said Mather should balance Jewell's need for the information with the public policy that favors protecting journalists' confidential sources by scrutinizing each specific allegation of libel. If the alleged libelous statement cannot succeed as a matter of law or if Jewell could prove it using alternate means, then the court should rule against disclosure of confidential sources. But if a particular libel allegation was legally viable, and the identity of the sources was relevant, material and the only means to obtain other admissible evidence, Mather should order disclosure. Atlanta Journal-Constitution v. Jewell, 251 Ga. App. 808 (2001).

Jewell is still represented by libel guru Lin Wood, who sucessfully represented John and Patsy Ramsey, in several of their suits. He is also suing author Dominick Dunne on behalf of Gary Condit.