A Newspaper Reporter Promises His Source to Keep the Source's

Multiple Choice

A newspaper reporter promises his source to keep the source's identity confidential when running a story that indicts his employer. The secret source is accidentally named in the story and subsequently fired from his job. What legal doctrine allows the source to sue for damages?

A) Habeus corpus
B) Nolo contendere
C) Writ of mandamus
D) Promissory estoppel