| News Media & the Law 1993 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Alabama sets out procedure for closures. | Literature/writing | |
| Alabama station fights $26,500 in fines for violations. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court affirms contempt citations. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, contempt citations against four South Carolina reporters) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court allows brief closure of trial. (California) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court cuts more of fairness doctrine. (U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court overturns ban on distribution of novel. ('Dark and Bloody Ground' by Darcy O'Brien) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court strikes down newsrack ban. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court throws out newsstand regulation. | Literature/writing | |
| Appeals court upholds false light suit filed against tabloid for photo. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, The Sun) | Literature/writing | |
| Arkansas court allows access to juveniles' names. (Arkansas Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Between a Roche and a hard place. (U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear contempt of court case against journalist Tim Roche who refused to reveal his source to a sealed court record) (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Board member continues questioning CPB funding. (Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board member Vic Gold) | Literature/writing | |
| Cameraman arrested for videotaping jurors. (Missouri) | Literature/writing | |
| Cameras and microphones in public meetings: a broadcaster's guide to effective access in the 50 states and D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| Clemency records not subject to disclosure. (Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Coast Guard hinders access to freighter interception. | Literature/writing | |
| Column name may be trademark, court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Conflicting cases cloud question of access. (constitutionality of Puerto Rico criminal procedure rule requiring closure of pretrial proceedings) | Literature/writing | |
| Congress, FCC focus on 'kid TV.' | Literature/writing | |
| County settles suit over seized transcript. (The News-Tribune v. Itasca County) (Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Court dismisses emotional distress suit. (South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| Court expands fair report privilege to private individuals. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Court extends fair comment privilege. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Court extends fair report privilege. (Maryland) | Literature/writing | |
| Court halts enforcement of indecency rule. | Literature/writing | |
| Court limits anonymity of jurors in beating case. (Rodney King police brutality case) | Literature/writing | |
| Court oks closure of task force meetings. (President Clinton's Task Force on National Health Care Reform) (Association of American Physicians v. Clinton) | Literature/writing | |
| Court opens abortion permission appeals. (Ohio Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Court orders access to land data bank. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) | Literature/writing | |
| Court orders release of harassment report. (Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Court overturns fines against reporter. (Reporter Susan Smallheer will not have to pay legal fees and prospective contempt fines for her refusal to testify in criminal trial) | Literature/writing | |
| Court rejects gag order in bombing case. (U.S. v. Salameh) | Literature/writing | |
| Court rejects privacy claim in trash at curb. (Connecticut) | Literature/writing | |
| Court releases names in prostitution probe. (Florida Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules remark about church not actionable. (Church of Scientology) | Literature/writing | |
| Court says CIA almost exempt from FOIA. (U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| Court says search, seizure violated federal privacy law. | Literature/writing | |
| Courts back refusal to release Hoffa files. | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down ban on CPA solicitation. | Literature/writing | |
| Court strikes down sealed case indexes. | Literature/writing | |
| Court tells police to release reports or show harm. (Arizona) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds ban on lottery ads. | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds FCC enforcement procedure. (ACT v. FCC) | Literature/writing | |
| Court upholds new 'must-carry' rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Dismissal of libel suit against Hustler upheld. (Wyoming) | Literature/writing | |
| Federal judge rejects motions to seal briefs. (U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| File on securities fraud case must be unsealed, appeals court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Florida voters pass referendum expanding state public records law. | Literature/writing | |
| Georgia Supreme Court opens student records. | Literature/writing | |
| Government must pay Nixon for his papers. | Literature/writing | |
| Groups challenge FCC indecency penalties. | Literature/writing | |
| High Court denies prosecutors immunity. | Literature/writing | |
| High Court strikes newsrack regulation. | Literature/writing | |
| High court upholds forfeiture of books. | Literature/writing | |
| Homeowners policy covers libel, court says. (Alabama) | Literature/writing | |
| Iowa court says data base is trade secret. (Iowa Supreme Court) | Literature/writing | |
| Israel revokes U.S. reporter's credentials. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge ejects cameras in governor's trial, despite parties' consent. (Alabama) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge halts destruction of Bush's records. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge orders CBS to turn over tape. (U.S. Eastern District Court of New York) | Literature/writing | |
| Judge rules most task force meetings open. (Hillary Clinton's Task Force on National Health Care Reform) | Literature/writing | |
| Judges consider camera access to courts. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge throws out damages award to Lish. (novelist Gordon Lish) | Literature/writing | |
| L.A. police back down from plan to close airspace. | Literature/writing | |
| Law keeping childrens' names secret unconstitutional. (Washington) | Literature/writing | |
| Listener cannot force FCC to take action. (Branton v. FCC) | Literature/writing | |
| Louisiana Supreme Court rejects libel of the dead. | Literature/writing | |
| Magazine sues to expedite search of files on Perot. (The Nation) | Literature/writing | |
| Maryland court strikes down trial closure. (Maryland Court of Appeals) | Literature/writing | |
| Missouri expands test of cameras in court. | Literature/writing | |
| Montana court strikes strategy exemption. (Montana Supreme Court, collective bargaining exemption from open meetings law) | Literature/writing | |
| Murder investigation papers, photos may be withheld, high court rules. (Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Must carry' battle returns to the courts. | Literature/writing | |
| New 'safe harbor' rules face challenge. (FCC's indecency regulations) | Literature/writing | |
| New York high court throws out privacy suit filed over photograph. | Literature/writing | |
| Not all FBI sources are secret, Supreme Court holds. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Notice of claim' not subject to exemption. (Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Now, how about some real change? (Clinton administration's words and actions on freedom of information) (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Officials probe fast action on FOI request. (Freedom of Information search for data that might damage Bill Clinton during the presidential campaign) | Literature/writing | |
| Official tries to limit interviews after story. (Birmingham, Alabama city attorney limited interviews with television station WBMG after negative story on the city's zoo) | Literature/writing | |
| Open defendant's psychosexual exam, court orders. (Vermont) | Literature/writing | |
| Pentagon adopts revised media pool rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Publishers face arrest to distribute magazines. | Literature/writing | |
| Punitive damages survive in non-media case. | Literature/writing | |
| Questions about charity held not libelous. | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter jailed for refusal to reveal source. (Tim Roche) (Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter protected in shield law's first test. (Peter Peelgrane) (Colorado) | Literature/writing | |
| Rules limit access to death row inmates. (U.S. Justice Department rules) | Literature/writing | |
| Secret docket unconstitutional, court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Shield law passes in Florida; S.C. assembly weighs bill. (journalistic shield) | Literature/writing | |
| Speculation about police pickets held to be opinion, not libelous. (Massachusetts) | Literature/writing | |
| State court rejects federal FOIA criteria. (California) | Literature/writing | |
| State court toughens notice requirement. (Wisconsin) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court ducks review of freelancer cases. (whether freelance journalists are protected by California shield law) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court reverses libel judgment. (Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court sets standard for sealing warrants. (Pennsylvania) | Literature/writing | |
| State legislators continue attempts to limit access. | Literature/writing | |
| Statement that author was 'ignored' not libelous. (poet Harold Norse) | Literature/writing | |
| Student jailed for refusing to identify sources. (Richard Scarce) | Literature/writing | |
| Summary of Ginsburg's media opinions. (new US Supreme Court justice and former District Court of Appeals justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) | Literature/writing | |
| Texas Appeals Court moves away from opening discovery materials. | Literature/writing | |
| Texas rejects suit for infliction of emotional distress. | Literature/writing | |
| The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Legislative Update. | Literature/writing | |
| TV violence spurs hearings, threats from Congress. | Literature/writing | |
| US West lease records must be disclosed. (Iowa) | Literature/writing | |
| Utah Supreme Court sends libel case back to trial. | Literature/writing | |
| When a gag order is a first resort.... (Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
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