all - Opinion Summaries

Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law, Sports Law
Judgment for defendants on plaintiff's claim that defendant National Football League's use of the Baltimore Ravens "Flying B" logo in three videos...

Hunter v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
The trial court's denial of defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's complaint which alleged that defendant refused to hire him as a weather news...

Holmes v. Winter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
An order from a New York court directing a reporter to appear in another state pursuant to a subpoena issued from that court should be denied, where,...

Minority Television Project, Inc. v. FCC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law
Summary judgment in favor of the government in an action brought by plaintiff, a public television broadcaster, challenging, on First Amendment...

Hupp v. Freedom Communications

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
The trial court's grant of defendant's special motion to strike plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant breached its user agreement with...

Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited v. Content Media Corporation

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, International Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law
Dismissal of a decade-long, international copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff to establish ownership of copyrights in several motion...

nCube Corp. v. Seachange Int'l Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Media Law
The district court's order denying plaintiff's motion to hold defendant in contempt of a permanent injunction enjoining defendant from selling...

Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech v. Insley

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff-college newspapers' First Amendment challenge to defendant' ban on alcohol advertisements is reversed and...

Newsday v. County of Nassau

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
The First Amendment's presumptive right of access applies in civil contempt proceedings, and this right entitles intervening news organizations to a...

State Dept. of Public Health v. Superior Court

Government Law, Health Law, Media Law
In response to a request under the California Public Records Act, by an investigative news organization for copies of citations for violations of...