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Journalism Law
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journalism-and-media
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1. Federal if between two states (although try to get it back to states) - telecommunications - crossing state lines - anything violating state law
Bay City Times v. City of Bay City
Bradley v. Saranac Community Schools Board of Education
District Court
Galella v. Onassis
2. The right of an individual to a speedy trial by an impartial jury - to be informed of the changes against them - to confront witnesses - the right to have compulsory proceedings to obtain witnesses in their favor - and the right to have assistance of
Sixth amendmen
Nebraska Press Association. v. Stuart
Defamation
5 Areas of privacy
3. A proper search warrant could be applied to a newspaper as well as to anyone else without necessarily violating the First Amendment rights to freedom of the press.
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing
Qualified privilege
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
4. The First Amendment protects college students' freedom of expression - and the Hazelwood case should not be applied to college media.
Alander
Kincaid v. Gibson
Civil contempt
Rouch 1
5. Reading of the charges against a person
R.O. v. Ithaca City School District
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
Arraignment
Actual malice
6. The speech and debate clause only covers members of congress within the halls of congress - not outside of it. I.E. press releases - speeches - etc.
Food Lion - Inc - v. Capital Cities/ABC
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
District Court
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
7. 3rd party has no obligation to notify media when there's been a government subpoena of phone records. Also includes any form of electronic communication.
Libel
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
Reporters Committee v. AT&T
Civil contempt
8. For purposes of divorce - there may be some elements of a public person's private life that make them a private figure.
Edwards v. National Audubon Society
Time Inc. v. Firestone
5 Elements of libel
Appropriation of another's likeness for commercial profit
9. The power of authority of a particular court to hear and adjudicate matters in dispute
Jurisdiction
Time Inc. v. Firestone
Libel Perquod
Eimann/Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine
10. There is a first amendment right of access to the public to cover and attend trials.
Richmond Newspapers - Inc. v. Virginia
Defenses of libel
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
Michigan Federation of Teachers v. University of Michigan
11. (Privacy) Ex. Kim Kardashian's sex tape
Time Inc. v. Pape
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
Tickets
12. A form of qualified privilege which gives the media the right to publish articles as long as opinions are based on relevent facts. These aretiles include opinion - columns - editorials - book reviews - movie reviews - etc.
Gannett v. DePasquale
Injunction
Fair comment
Intrusion on physical solitude
13. If you knowingly run ads that advocate criminal activity - you can be held liable. Got off on the first case - but on the second case they should have known better.
Globe Newspapers v. Superior Court
Eimann/Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine
Branzburg v. Hayes
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co
14. Under the language of the statute - these media representatives are not subject to an investigative subpoena.
People of the State of Michigan v. Pastor
New York Times v. Sullivan
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
15. Innocent and negligent misstatement in a newspaper are protected under constitutional freedoms of speech and press.
Actual Damages
R.O. v. Ithaca City School District
Adjudication
Time Inc. v. Hill
16. Truth is only a defense in privacy cases when it's in a case of _______
Jurisdiction
Richmond Newspapers - Inc. v. Virginia
Pearson v. Dodd
False light
17. If you get the information from outside sources - you can publish it. MCL 750.520k does not constitute an unlawful prior restraint on publication. Rather - the statute directs that the court file be withheld from the public
Midland Publishing Co v. District Judge
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
Summary judgment
18. There is a First amendment right of access to trials
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19. Newspaper must have known material falsity - material falsity became standard of proof in Michigan.
Rouch 2
Globe Newspapers v. Superior Court
Clark v. ABC
Harte-Hanks Communications - Inc. v. Connaughton
20. School officials can prohibit students from displaying messages that promote illegal drug use.
6th - cincinnati OH
Morse v. Frederick
Summary judgment
Wolston v. Readers' Digest Association
21. A constructive trust is a proper manner of relinquishing the profits of one who abuses a confidential position.
Miami Herald Co. v. Tornillo
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
Snepp v. United States
Fourth amendment
22. (privacy) There are areas around you that are a 'zone of privacy'
Intrusion on physical solitude
Tickets
Irreparable harm
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
23. What is shot in public place is fine - but if there is intrusion on physical solitude it is not protected.
Shulman v. Group W. Productions
Herbert v. Lando
Wolston v. Readers' Digest Association
In re Times Publishing Co.
24. Plaintiffs are not entitled to an order unmasking an anonymous author when the statements in question cannot support a cause of action for defamation.
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Actual Damages
Actual malice
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
25. A person vs. a person (corporation can be a person too
Richmond Newspapers - Inc. v. Virginia
Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing
Any civil matter
5 Areas of privacy
26. The burden of proof imposed on public officials extends to anyone involved in a matter of public concern - regardless of whether they were famous or unknown.
Rosenbloom v. Metromedia
False light
Shepherd v. Maxwell
Certiorari
27. Opinion - privilege - fair comment - truth - constitutional defenses
Actual Damages
Defenses of libel
Midland Publishing Co v. District Judge
Miami Herald Co. v. Tornillo
28. Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency - 2. Intrusion on physical solitude - 3. False light - 4. Appropriation of another's likeness for commercial profit - 5. Right to publicity
District Court
5 Areas of privacy
Civil contempt
In re Times Publishing Co.
29. NYT actual malice standard does not extend to private figures. However - it's up to the states to determine what a private figure is - and there's a new standard that says you have to prove harm and damages.
Press-Enterprise v. Superior Court in Riverside
Gertz v. Welch
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
Tickets
30. For purposes of defamation - a person who has thrust themself into the spotlight and has the power to gain media publicity. these individuals must prove actual malice to prevail in a libel suit
Shulman v. Group W. Productions
Federated Publications v. MSU Board of Trustees
Fair comment
Public figure
31. A published article must be so inaccurate that it will have more of an effect on the reader than the literal truth would.
McCracken v. Evening News Association
Libel Perquod
Freedom of information act
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
32. Criminal matters anything less than a year in jail
Qualified privilege
Detroit Free Press - Inc. v. Oakland County Sheriff
Misdemeanor
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
33. When you have a private figure plaintiff - even though state standards controls - if it's a matter of public concern - the burden of proof shifts from the defendant who no longer has to prove truth - to the plaintiff who has to prove falsity of what
Tasini v. NYT
Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Snepp v. United States
34. Michigan is in ____ district court in ____ -____
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
6th - cincinnati OH
Circuit Court
People of the State of Michigan v. Pastor
35. If you obtain material from a third party illegally - media are still protected and can publish.
Detroit Free Press v. Recorder's Court Judge
First amendment
Pearson v. Dodd
People of the State of Michigan v. Pastor
36. Motions for summary judgment is applicable if the publication is not private facts and is newsworthy.
6th - cincinnati OH
MCLA 750.520k
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
Irreparable harm
37. A court created device to weed out inadmissible evidence in advance of trial
Gertz v. Welch
Booth & Ann Arbor News v. EMU Board of Regents
Pretiral hearing
Freedom of Information Act
38. In the case where a party challenges the underlying facts that support a trial court's decision - the appellate court must defer to the trial court's view of the facts.
Snepp v. United States
False light
Booth & Ann Arbor News v. EMU Board of Regents
Gertz v. Welch
39. In an invasion of privacy tort - the right an individual has to profit from their likeness - or to prevent others from gaining value for their own commercial benefit
Right to publicity
Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing
Galella v. Onassis
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
40. Spoken defamation which causes injury to a person's reputation
Summary judgment
Pretiral hearing
Alander
Eimann/Braun v. Soldier of Fortune Magazine
41. Words that may be innocent on face - but facts make story damaging
Rouch 1
Evening News Association v. Troy
Libel Perquod
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co
42. Failure to obey an order made by the court
Actual malice
Circuit Court
Civil contempt
Herbert v. Lando
43. Permission given by SCOTUS to allow a case to be appealed
Certiorari
Rouch 2
McCracken v. Evening News Association
Libel Perquod
44. A judgment made by the court before or during a trial. This judgment is in repsonse to a motion by the plaintiff or defendant - who claims there is not enough evidence or there is no dispute that the information given is fact.
Summary judgment
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
Misdemeanor
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
45. Money damages awarded to the injured party as compensation for a specific loss
Curtis Publishing v. Butts and AP v. Walker
Shepherd v. Maxwell
Actual Damages
False light
46. If an ongoing - criminal investigation is actively underway - discretion may be used under the exemption claim in FOIA to withhold some documents.
Booth Newspapers v. City of Kalamazoo
Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises
Kincaid v. Gibson
Certiorari
47. Enforced freelancer/copyright actions - and publishers who were doing more than compile the stories had to pay the reporters. Electronic publications (putting it online) makes it a new publication.
Snepp v. United States
Tasini v. NYT
Shulman v. Group W. Productions
Booth Newspapers v. City of Kalamazoo
48. As long as speech was about a public official (figure) could not reasonably be construed to state actual facts about its subject - it is protected by the first amendment.
Rouch 1
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
State News v. Michigan State University
Misdemeanor
49. Journalists and citizens must first obey court orders first before seeking appeal - even if they believe the order is unconstitutional
U.S. v. Dickinson
Preliminary hearing
Wilson v. Layne
Branzburg v. Hayes
50. Reporters have no greater rights than any other citizen - there is no reporter shield from grand jury testifying. If you're attempting to harass - then reporters are protected and do not have to testify.
Time Inc. v. Hill
Time Inc. v. Pape
Branzburg v. Hayes
Time Inc. v. Firestone