In a ruling in which five members of the state Supreme Court issued separate opinions, the high court determined that high-profile labor union leader John Dougherty will have to sit for a videotaped deposition as part of his defamation suit against a former newspaper columnist.

The court’s ruling, which was issued in a 36-page per curiam order Tuesday in the case Dougherty v. Heller, resolved the discovery dispute, and weighed into jurisdictional and quorum issues that arose after justices recused from the case over campaign donations and other issues.

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