| News Media & the Law 1996 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| ABC can't intervene in securities claim related to libel case. | Literature/writing | |
| Abortion records ruled exempt 'vital records': statistical information not to be released to local Christian coalition.(Arkansas) | Literature/writing | |
| Agency's prepublication review does not violate First Amendment. (US Information Agency, Voice of America) | Literature/writing | |
| Agents' claims against Waco media allowed: ATF officers allege reporters' negligence led to deadly disaster. (US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) | Literature/writing | |
| Appeal over tapes of interview denied in triple-murder case. (California)(Two Courts Consider New Trials for Defendants Denied Reporters' Testimony in Murder Trials) | Literature/writing | |
| A special role for the media? (First Amendment protections)(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Backbone on the Internet?(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Ban of 'harmful matter' in newsracks upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Bodies must keep 'full and accurate' minutes of meetings: court faults city council for circumventing Sunshine Act through smaller briefings. (Cincinnati, Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| Broadcasters cannot bump graphic political ads. | Literature/writing | |
| Burden is on plaintiff to prove falsity when media party moves to dismiss suit.(Pennsylvania) | Literature/writing | |
| Business Week restraint ruled unconstitutional: panel reaffirms gag orders 'rarely justified' under First Amendment. | Literature/writing | |
| Campaign reporting: a guide to election records and events. (includes related articles on political advertising, conventions, equal time, copyright issues and libel issues, as well as a survey of state laws) | Literature/writing | Jason Williams, Blaire Postman, Liz Greenspan, Jol Silversmith |
| "Can we tape?" A practical guide to taping conversations in the 50 states and D.C. | Literature/writing | |
| CIA policy allows agents to enlist, pose as journalists. | Literature/writing | |
| Circuit courts to determine camera coverage of hearings: state courts also rule to allow cameras. | Literature/writing | |
| City boycott of newspaper does not violate publisher's constitutional rights: Oakland Council was not acting as regulator, court finds.(Oakland Tribune) (California) | Literature/writing | |
| City can ban newsracks. (Coral Gables, Florida) | Literature/writing | |
| Closed prosecution files not subject to open records law.(Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Community colleges not subject to records act. (Pennsylvania Right to Know Act) | Literature/writing | |
| Community groups lose fight for access to FDIC records; agency can withhold data because opposition may jeopardize project, court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Congress considers electronic freedom of information bills. | Literature/writing | |
| Court holds 911 tapes must be released 'immediately.'(Ohio) | Literature/writing | |
| Court orders state board to ignore sunshine law in testimony before federal monitoring committee. (Desegregation Monitoring Committee; In re Kansas City Star Co.) | Literature/writing | |
| Court quashes Graco subpoena for NBC outtakes: child swing company failed to show tapes were essential, unavailable elsewhere. | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules in favor of privacy for anonymous writer. | Literature/writing | |
| Court rules presumption of access to judicial documents should be weighed against centrality to issues litigated. | Literature/writing | |
| Court shuts door on right to discover and correct personal electronic data. | Literature/writing | |
| Criminal libel law fails for lack of truth as absolute defense.(Montana) | Literature/writing | |
| Customs cannot withhold Perot records automatically: 'policy' of exempting entire categories narrowed by court ruling. | Literature/writing | |
| 'David Duke' comparison not opinion: court rules charge of electioneering can be defamatory.(Pennsylvania) | Literature/writing | |
| Death records in boy's murder must be released: public interest outweighs interests in confidentiality under common law test.(New Jersey) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Decency' act becomes law, faces lawsuit. (Communications Decency Act) | Literature/writing | |
| Denial of access to summary jury trial in riot case upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Different results in two suits over TV crews on police raids. | Literature/writing | |
| Disclosure of newsletter address list not privacy invasion. | Literature/writing | |
| Dismissal of privacy suit over story on runaway and her puppy upheld.(Alabama) | Literature/writing | |
| Doubting own source helps rebut claim of actual malice, court finds. | Literature/writing | |
| Editor jailed for withholding letter, envelope in murder trial.(California) | Literature/writing | |
| 'EFOIA' opens electronic data, speeds access: provisions will expedite certain requests, require electronic formats. (Electronic Freedom of Information Act) | Literature/writing | |
| Energy Department hired consultants to rank reporters. | Literature/writing | |
| Executive order requires agencies to pursue alternatives to litigation. | Literature/writing | |
| FDA issues rules restricting tobacco advertising. (Food and Drug Administration) | Literature/writing | |
| Federal appellate courts wary of camera access: several states, federal trial courts allow coverage. | Literature/writing | |
| Federal judge can't order state court open. | Literature/writing | |
| Food Lion must withdraw subpoenas for reporters' records; demands for phone, hotel, courier records infringe on First Amendment rights. (Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.) | Literature/writing | |
| Gag order overturned on school desegregation plan: secret meetings violated right to gather news, court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Gag orders gain popularity in high-profile cases: courts limit parties, media access in Simpson, McVeigh, Kaczynski trials. | Literature/writing | |
| Girl's death leads to legislative action. (New York)(Murders of Children in Two States Prompt Calls for Reform) | Literature/writing | |
| Government enjoined from enforcing indecency law. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Grossly excessive' punitive damages struck down. | Literature/writing | |
| High court holds liquor price ad ban unconstitutional. | Literature/writing | |
| High court rules trade secret law unconstitutional: judge's order using law to restrain publication voided.(Oregon) | Literature/writing | |
| High court stays judge's gag order over report on Adidas sneaker plans.(Oregon) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Hit man' manual protected by First Amendment. | Literature/writing | |
| Hundt, FCC battle over kid TV pledge. (Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt) | Literature/writing | |
| Journalists, photographers face access roadblocks. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge thwarts efforts to copy Clinton videotape. | Literature/writing | |
| Judge vacates search warrant over Privacy Protection Act.(Pennsylvania)(Cover Story) | Literature/writing | |
| Kennedy family allowed to control autopsy photos: 'too private' to ever have been public records, appeals court rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Legislative update: a summary of bills introduced in the 104th Congress of interest to the news media. | Literature/writing | |
| Let's go to the tape.... (access to Pres. Clinton's videotaped Whitewater testimony)(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Los Angeles Times sues county over electronic record fees. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Megan's Laws' face legal challenges by sex offenders: disclosure is extra punishment for crimes committed before law enacted, litigators argue. | Literature/writing | |
| Military ban on media coverage of arrival ceremonies upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Mug shots not exempt from disclosure: photos of defendants who have appeared in court are public. | Literature/writing | |
| Names, addresses on state contractor's payroll ruled open.(Wyoming) | Literature/writing | |
| National Security Council not subject to FOI disclosure. (Freedom of Information Act)(includes related article on Presidential office automation systems) | Literature/writing | |
| NBA sues instant score service for copyright infringement. (National Basketball Association) | Literature/writing | |
| Newspaper wins access to school board's holiday party investigation.(Wisconsin) | Literature/writing | |
| News show enjoined from following executives: 'Inside Edition' story on U.S. Healthcare draws fire from Court. | Literature/writing | |
| New trial ordered for man convicted in drive-by shooting of 16-year-old. (Texas)(Two Courts Consider New Trials for Defendants Denied Reporters' Testimony in Murder Trials) | Literature/writing | |
| Obscenity charges can be brought anywhere electronic files downloaded. | Literature/writing | |
| Opinion defense wins dismissal of two suits. (New York, libel suit against Elliot Richardson) | Literature/writing | |
| Paper's interpretation of ethics letters as 'warnings' upheld. (Milwaukee Journal) | Literature/writing | |
| Police, council records must be opened.(Idaho) | Literature/writing | |
| President, networks agree on children's television measure. | Literature/writing | |
| President's defense fund trustees not 'advisory committee': trust renders no advice on government policy, not subject to openness rules. | Literature/writing | |
| Prison ban on media interviews upheld. | Literature/writing | |
| Prison officials suspend face-to-face interviews: alleged concerns over security, notoriety, and victims' rights prompt action. | Literature/writing | |
| Private health contractor for jail subject to records law.(Arkansas) | Literature/writing | |
| Private school board meeting violates act.(West Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| Protective order can be modified after documents filed: media parties allowed to intervene in suit over operation of retirement community. | Literature/writing | |
| Public access cable show obscenity convictions upheld: Court: 'safe-sex' video not educational.(Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Public broadcaster cannot exclude qualified candidates from debate. | Literature/writing | |
| Publisher not required to investigate charges in book: dismissal of McFarlane's suit over 'October Surprise' allegations upheld on appeal. | Literature/writing | |
| Publishers must receive notice before being banned from prisons. | Literature/writing | |
| 'Reasonable belief' enough to defeat newsroom act: warrants allowed without need to address Privacy Protection Act, court rules.(Cover Story) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter fined for story about '69 Kennedy assassination investigation. (Louisiana v. Angelico) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporters charged, released in Bosnia, Turkey: Rohde held nine days by Serbs; Marcus acquitted of incitement. (David Rodhe, Aliza Marcus) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter's contempt citation overturned by federal judge: state court refuses to recognize privilege. (Texas) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporter sent to jail, fined $500 for contempt; federal judge orders release pending appeal after two weeks. (David Kidwell of the Miami Herald)(includes related article on recent Florida Supreme Court decision) | Literature/writing | |
| Reporters in California, Texas found in contempt. | Literature/writing | |
| Reprinted article with additions has different meaning than original story.(Pennsylvania) | Literature/writing | |
| Restraining order against newspaper allowed to stand.(Indiana) | Literature/writing | |
| RICO suit by Tilton, church against 'PrimeTime Live' fails. (Word of Faith World Outreach Center Church pastor Robert Tilton) | Literature/writing | |
| Rule restricts reporters ability to interview, quote soldiers. (Bosnia) | Literature/writing | |
| Sealed, missing records plague bombing case. (United States v. McVeigh) | Literature/writing | |
| 'Segregate and block' law struck down: cable operators cannot regulate public, educational channels. | Literature/writing | |
| Senate committee votes to expand exemptions to Privacy Protection Act. (Senate Judiciary Committee)(Cover Story) | Literature/writing | |
| Shield law does not apply if reporter is witness.(Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Should reporters testify about published stories?(Editorial) | Literature/writing | |
| Smoking research not exempt as 'confidential' research information. | Literature/writing | |
| Snow emergencies lead officials to stop the presses. | Literature/writing | |
| State can charge $114,000 for voter records. (Arizona) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court recognizes confidential-source privilege: source of disciplinary report will remain secret.(South Dakota) | Literature/writing | |
| State high court rules trial court cannot close hearings to media based on 'speculation' on fair trial impact. (Georgia) | Literature/writing | |
| State keeps abuse complaint, investigation reports secret.(South Carolina) | Literature/writing | |
| States look for ways to open more government information: electronic access high on agenda, but privacy concerns close DMV, state worker records. | Literature/writing | |
| States restrict media access to prisons: federal magistrate finds Abu-Jamal ban violated rights. | Literature/writing | |
| Student election vote tallies exempt from disclosure as 'scholastic records.'(Virginia) | Literature/writing | |
| Student paper fined for not releasing photos. (Minnesota) | Literature/writing | |
| Supreme Court recognizes patient-therapist privilege. | Literature/writing | |
| Tennessee A.G. reverses own opinion on cameras.(Video Cameras Allowed in City Board Meetings) | Literature/writing | |
| Tennessee begins camera experiment, while others consider restrictions. | Literature/writing | |
| Thirteen papers enough to establish jurisdiction in libel suit. | Literature/writing | |
| TV crew on 'ride-along' did not violate privacy rights.(includes related article on another ride-along) | Literature/writing | |
| TV station must turn over tape in reporter's obstruction trial.(Idaho) | Literature/writing | |
| Wiretap law of place of injury applies to interstate call. (Krauss v. Globe International, Inc.)(New York) | Literature/writing | |
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