| News Media & the Law 1992 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| $550,000 verdict against Fortune reversed. (Fortune magazine) | Literature/writing | |
| ABA rejects move to open discipline records. | Literature/writing | |
| Access to places: a guide for reporters & photographers gathering news. | Literature/writing | |
| Alabama court send libel case back to jury. (Alabama Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Albuquerque police impersonate journalist. (New Mexico) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court deadlock protects reporters. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3d Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court orders judge to release remarks. (Georgia Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals courts split on fair housing cases. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court strikes Florida law limiting use of term 'psychologist.' | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court upholds liability for 'gun for hire' ad. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals panel opens memos read in court. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals panel protects summary of statement. | Literature/writing | |
| Arts council can keep meetings closed, judge says. (National Council on the Arts) | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on copying CNN stands pending review. (Video Monitoring Services of America Inc.'s copying and selling of CNN program segments) | Literature/writing | |
| Ban on naming rape victims unconstitutional. (Florida v. Globe Communications Corp.) | Literature/writing | |
| Barr refuses to appoint INSLAW independent counsel. (Attorney General William Bar, investigation into the death of journalist Daniel Casolaro) | Literature/writing | |
| Bid to enforce subpoenas shows Fleming's contempt. (Senate Temporary Special Independent Counsel Peter Fleming's subpoena of 5 journalists in congressional leak investigation) | Literature/writing | |
| Bills would expand FOI act, improve access. (Freedom of Information Act) | Literature/writing | |
| Bill would impose unprecedented fees for use of public information. | Literature/writing | |
| Calendar photograph violated doctor's privacy. (New York) | Literature/writing | |
| Chief fired over removal of paper with critical article. (San Francisco, California) | Literature/writing | |
| Chinese officials harass, detain American reporters, photographers. | Literature/writing | |
| Circuits split on release of new census figures. | Literature/writing | |
| City officials angry over reporting draw fire for muzzling employees. | Literature/writing | |
| City requires reason for records request. (Alabama) | Literature/writing | |
| Commerce refuses to release recalculated census figures. | Literature/writing | |
| Computer service not responsible for libel. | Literature/writing | |
| Confusion about names may show actual malice, state high court says. (Mississippi Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Conviction for theft of information affirmed. | Literature/writing | |
| Conyers calls for opening policy papers. (John Conyers) | Literature/writing | |
| Court allows closing of safety board meeting. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) | Literature/writing | |
| Court allows disclosure of portions of criminal investigative reports. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Court allows naming of AIDS-virus carrier. (Illinois) | Literature/writing | |
| Court allows suit based on vague identification. (Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| Court allows use of unpublished work. | Literature/writing | |
| Court approves closing of jury selection. | Literature/writing | |
| Court declines to review public official ruling. (U.S. Supreme Court, Kentucky Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| Court denies release of course materials. (New York Supreme Court Appellate Division) | Literature/writing | |
| Court finds newspaper's survey not infringement on trademark. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Court guts state's open records law. (Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Court limits access to tapes used in trial. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) | Literature/writing | |
| Court opens report on basketball probe. (investigation of North Carolina State University's basketball program regarding drug use and poor academic achievement by players) | Literature/writing | |
| Court opens some records of doctor review panels. (Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| Court orders round-the-clock access to jail log. (Hengel v. City of Pine Bluff, Troutt Brothers Inc. v. Emison) (Arkansas) | Literature/writing | |
| Court overturns closing of trial, sealing record. (Vermont) | Literature/writing | |
| Court overturns closure of hearing for juvenile charged with murder. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Court permits closure challenge to continue after trial ends. (Ohio Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Court protects raw footage used in news stories. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Court rejects plaintiff's bid for secrecy. | Literature/writing | |
| Court rejects request for names. (request for names of deported Haitians) | Literature/writing | |
| Court restricts access to business reports. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) | Literature/writing | |
| Court revives libel claim against New Yorker. | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules airports not public forums. | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules judge should review notes. (Minnesota Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules teachers are public officials. (Connecticut) | Literature/writing | |
| Courts find newsrack restrictions unlawful. | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down hate-speech ordinance. | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down secrecy law. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Court throws out order opening records. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, El Dia Inc. v. Hernandez Colon) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds charge for taking inmate note. (Florida v. Olson) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds critic's review of 'fake phantom.' (drama critic's review of Ken Hill's version of 'Phantom of the Opera') | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds dismissal of Business Week suit. (Buckley v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds dismissal of civil rights suit. | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds law banning content rules for films. | Literature/writing | |
| Court wrongly prohibited libelous speech. | Literature/writing | |
| Criminal libel law found overbroad. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Damages for broken promise upheld. (Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| D.C. Council considers enacting shield law. | Literature/writing | |
| FBI used reporter's name to talk to spy. (reporter Don Devereux) | Literature/writing | |
| FCC admonishes station for airing hoax. (Inquiry into Broadcast of Hoax Murder Confession over Station KROQ-FM) | Literature/writing | |
| FCC claims sole authority over ad disputes. (political candidates alleging they were overcharged by broadcasters for their ads) | Literature/writing | |
| Film sparks move to open Kennedy records. (JFK, Warren Commission records) | Literature/writing | |
| Florida court abolishes newspaper tax exemption. (Florida Supreme Court) (Department of Revenue v. Magazine Publishers of America, Inc.) | Literature/writing | |
| Florida retreats from ruling on records. (on which government entities are affected by open records law) | Literature/writing | |
| 'General fear' doesn't justify closed hearing. (Alabama) | Literature/writing | |
| Gunman kills former El Diario-La Prensa editor. (editor Manuel de Dios Unanue) | Literature/writing | |
| Hawaii judge releases tapes in first test of new law. (Uniform Information Practices Act, Burnham Broadcasting Co. v. County of Hawaii) | Literature/writing | |
| House committees bar C-SPAN cameras. | Literature/writing | |
| How big was that backlog, anyway? (the State Dept.'s probe into Bill Clinton's travels in the 1960s) (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Improper testimony about source must be challenged at trial, court says. (libel suit of Morarji Desai) | Literature/writing | |
| Iowa high court extends privilege to criminal cases, grand juries. (press privilege not to testify or turn over evidence) | Literature/writing | |
| Journalists becoming targets of rights suits. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge bars naming juvenile sex crime victims. (A Minor Whose Name is Omitted, In re; Illinois v. Champaign News-Gazette) | Literature/writing | |
| Judges ease restrictions on cameras in courts. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge seizes, destroys reporter's notes. (Michigan) | Literature/writing | |
| Jury awards $850,000 in fair housing case. | Literature/writing | |
| Justice Blackmun refuses to stop opening of records. (Harry Blackmun) (Lund v. Star Tribune) | Literature/writing | |
| Kentucky closes complaints about counselor. (Alfred Tadajewski) | Literature/writing | |
| Meeting law does not apply to governor's advisory panel. (Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| Missouri Supreme Court opens doors to cameras. (also South Carolina and Mississippi) | Literature/writing | |
| More states OK use of cameras in courtrooms. | Literature/writing | |
| New attorney general not shy about trampling First Amendment. (William P. Barr) (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| New FCC rule allows $25,000 fine for broadcast hoaxes. | Literature/writing | |
| News media alert: summary of proposals introduced in the 102nd Congress that would close 'sensitive' Senate committee hearings, open settlements in suits against the government, increase fees for public information, and allow local governments to regulate cable television. | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper may sue to open sealed divorce records. (New Hampshire) | Literature/writing | |
| New state laws improve access, allow sanctions against violators. | Literature/writing | |
| New York votes cameras back into state courts. | Literature/writing | |
| Ohio decision opens computer files for copying. | Literature/writing | |
| Omitting facts not malice unless intent was to deceive, court says. (West Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| Open meetings violation may be grounds for recall. (Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| Opinions admissible in libel case. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Pentagon, journalists agree on most war coverage rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Pentagon proposes pool membership rules. (Department of Defense's National Media Pool) | Literature/writing | |
| Photographers fight dousing, film seizure. (North and South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Plaintiffs look to lenient British libel laws. | Literature/writing | |
| Police records: a guide to effective access in the 50 states & D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| Politics jeopardizes public broadcasting funds. | Literature/writing | |
| Press code's goal: hide public lives. (Great Britain) (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Principal is public official, Vermont high court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Prosecutors subpoena media for riot photos. (Los Angeles riots) | Literature/writing | |
| Public can't get car telephone records. (New Jersey) | Literature/writing | |
| Publisher has no duty to warn readers of accuracy of information. (Hawaii) | Literature/writing | |
| Publishing secret police file not an invasion of privacy. | Literature/writing | |
| Release of notes snags on copyright claim. (Tennessee) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporters jailed for refusal to testify at trial. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporters not required to disclose sources. (Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Reports based on secret probe privileged. | Literature/writing | |
| Sanctions give records laws teeth. | Literature/writing | |
| Schools can release crime reports, keep funding. | Literature/writing | |
| Search effort rebuffed, prosecutor subpoenas photos. (Pennsylvania) | Literature/writing | |
| Senate broadens scope of restrictions against disclosure. | Literature/writing | |
| Senate ends fruitless search for leakers. (Special Independent Counsel Peter Fleming's subpoena of five journalists in investigation of congressional leaks) | Literature/writing | |
| Senate passes bill limiting indecency on television to after midnight. | Literature/writing | |
| Sex, bombs spur furor over public access. (public access cable television channels) | Literature/writing | |
| Son of Sam law unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| State allows release of some material from teacher's letters. (Ottochian v. Freedom of Information Commission) (Connecticut) | Literature/writing | |
| State court orders school to release response to probe. (Kentucky) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court affirms libel verdict over editorial. (West Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| States move to open access to records. | Literature/writing | |
| States push new rules for locker rooms. (reporters' access to locker rooms) | Literature/writing | |
| States put brakes on access to driver records. | Literature/writing | |
| States try to open records on suits, keep sex-crime victims' names secret. | Literature/writing | |
| Stations forced to air graphic political ads. (ads picturing dead fetuses) | Literature/writing | |
| Story with error ruled 'substantially true.' (Arizona) | Literature/writing | |
| Texas court clears way for false-light ruling. (Texas Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Texas high court strikes down gag orders. | Literature/writing | |
| Two networks, AP photographer forced to turn over tape, film. | Literature/writing | |
| Use of child's photo does not invade parents' privacy. | Literature/writing | |
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