all - Opinion Summaries

Neal v. Kansas City Star

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Media Law
A bankruptcy court judgment sealing a former municipal judge's creditor list is reversed where: 1) the list was not "scandalous" pursuant to section...

Grey Direct, Inc. v. Erie Ins. Exch.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not purchase the relevant coverage until well after the incident occurred...

Pastrana-Torres v. Zabala-Carrion

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
District court ruling that the Puerto Rico public broadcasting station does not share the Commonwealth's Eleventh Amendment immunity is affirmed where...

Charter Commc'ns, Inc. v. Federal Commc'ns Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Petition for review of defendant's refusal to rescind rule that will preclude cable operators from offering set-top converter boxes that bundle both...

Lee v. Minner

Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
Delaware's Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del. Code Ann. section 10003, violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution by...

The Coconut Grove Playhouse, Inc. v. Knight-Ridder, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Media Law, Sanctions
Order requiring release of confidential business information as a sanction for failing to respond to a discovery order is quashed where the order...

Mandel v. The Boston Phoenix, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Summary judgment on the issue of status in a defamation case is vacated and remanded where there was insufficient evidence in the record with which to...

Advantage Media, L.L.C. v. City of Eden Prairie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, claiming that a sign code is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and...

New York Times Co. v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Media Law
Summary judgment to plaintiff newspaper, on claim that its reporters' telephone records are privileged from a potential grand jury subpoena, is...

Bridge Capital Investors v. Susquehanna Radio Corp.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Construction, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff in breach of contract action relating to the relocation of FM radio stations is affirmed over claim that the...