Photographers fight dousing, film seizure
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Two North Carolina television reporters have filed suit against a fire department for assault, personal injury, and damage to personal property. The two reporters were sprayed with water while covering a fire. The fire department has counterfiled, claiming that the reporters were interfering with the department's efforts to fight the fire. A photographer in South Carolina had his film seized when he was photographing a Jul 1991 Amtrak derailment because Kershaw County police feared release of photos of dead passengers before notification of families. The county settled in Dec 1991.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1992
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Journalists lose fight for access to entire execution
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The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in California First Amendment Coalition v. Calderon that the public and press do not have unlimited rights to view executions. The appellate court rejected a lower court's argument giving the press unlimited access because of the 'notoriety' of capital punishment. The circuit upheld California's prison procedure 770 regarding executions and what the press may view as constitutional.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1998
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Photographer, newspaper settle suit with NTSB; board, state apologize for confiscating film at airplane crash site
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The case of Blade Communications v. National Transportation Safety Board ended with an apology by the National Transportation Safety Board and the state of Michigan to a photographer for violating his constitutional rights and a payment by the Toledo Blade to settle the lawsuit. The apology was for unlawfully seizing the photographer's camera and film at an airplane crash site.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1997
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