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N. JERSEY MEDIA GROUP, INC. v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Media Law
Media members and the public possess no First Amendment right of access to "special interest" deportation hearings that are determined by the Attorney...

MED. LAB. MGMT. CONSULTANTS v. AM. BROAD. COS., INC.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A claim of intrusion upon seclusion was not actionable where television network representatives did not intrude upon any objectively reasonably...

LOS ANGELES NEWS SERV. V. CBS BROAD., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Admissible evidence could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that a satellite news service infringed a copyright on videotaped footage, but a...

HORSLEY v. FELDT

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Judgment on the pleadings in a defamation action was improper where a reasonable person could construe comments on a television broadcast as a factual...

DETROIT FREE PRESS v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Media Law
The Government's blanket closure of deportation hearings in "special interest" cases violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which...

REPUBLICAN NAT'L COMM. v. TAYLOR

Contracts, False Advertising, Media Law
An advertising statement, offering a prize to one who disproves it, was not ambiguous, did not falsely allege that a Republican plan would balance the...

JAMES v. MEOW MEDIA, INC.

Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Media Law
Claims against video game, movie production, and internet content-provider firms, based on their "desensitization" of a high school student who killed...

CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION v. WOODFORD

Constitutional Law, Media Law
A correctional institution's prohibition of the media and public's viewing of lethal injection executions amounts to an unreasonable restriction of...

HONOLULU WEEKLY, INC. v. HARRIS

Constitutional Law, Media Law
A city and county ordinance, requiring all publishers wishing to distribute publications on sidewalks to use one of two sets of newsracks, does not...

COUNTY SEC. AGENCY v. THE OHIO DEP'T OF COMMERCE

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
An injunction, which prevented a journalist from disclosing information in registration records of private security guards working at the site of an...