all - Opinion Summaries

US v. AMC Entm't, Inc.

Civil Rights, Entertainment Law, Health Law, Media Law
In an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seeking to require AMC to provide "full and equal enjoyment" to disabled moviegoers in...

City of Chicago v. Comcast Cable Holdings, L.L.C.

Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law, Media Law
In an action for declaratory relief brought by the city of Chicago against operators of local cable television systems involving cable franchise fees,...

Associated Press v. U.S. Dep't of Justice

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
In a matter brought by Associated Press for denial of request for any petitions seeking to reduce a twenty-two year prison sentence of John Walker...

C-SPAN v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Media Law
Petition for review of FCC regulations requiring cable systems to provide analog and digital signals of certain broadcast channels is dismissed for...

Jews for Jesus, Inc. v. Rapp

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a case alleging false-light defamation, dismissal of false-light claim as not recognized by Florida law is affirmed where: 1) Florida law does not...

Anderson v. Gannett Co., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action for invasion of privacy based on the false light theory, reversal of judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the court's...

Am. Bird Conservatory v. Fed. Communications Comm'n.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a suit brought under the citizen suit provisions of the Endangered Species Act, dismissal due to lack of district court subject matter jurisdiction...

Freedom Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order prohibiting petitioner, doing business as The Orange County Register, from reporting on trial testimony of witnesses in a case in which it is...

Direct TV, Inc. v. Webb

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Media Law
In a dispute arising from piracy of satellite television signals, a judgment of unauthorized reception of broadcast signals in violation of 47 U.S.C....

Bartel v. NBC Universal, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a breach-of-contract suit by a producer fired by defendant after she had raised concerns about ethics violations in defendant's "To Catch a...