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Clyma v. Sunoco, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
In a non-party's appeal from the district court's denial of an "Application for Permission to Interview Jurors for Instructional Purposes" pursuant to...

Peterson v. Grisham

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation action against author John Grisham based on false statements he allegedly made about plaintiffs in a book, dismissal of the action is...

Jankovic v. Int'l. Crisis Grp.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation action regarding defendant's statement that plaintiff was involved in "crony companies" associated with former Serbian dictator...

McDermott v. Ampersand Pub'g., LLC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action under the the National Labor Relations Act seeking an injunction to reinstate employees whom defendant-newspaper discharged for union...

Michtavi v. N.Y. Daily News

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress based on news reports stating that plaintiff, a criminal defendant, was to...

Wilson v. CIA

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a First Amendment action claiming that the CIA was required to allow former employee Valerie Plame Wilson to publish a memoir about her tenure at...

Bond v. Utreras

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
An independent journalist's petition for permission to intervene to challenge a protective order that prohibited public disclosure of confidential...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiff's copyright-infringement case against defendant for infringement of its copyright on George Clinton's song, based on the use of the...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publ'g., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants, alleging copyright infringement and various state law claims relating to the use of samples in rap...

Hall v. Witteman

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law
In an action alleging that defendants unlawfully conspired to remove plaintiff's political ad from a newspaper, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed...