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Journalism Law
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1. If a statement 'results in a material change in the meaning conveyed by the statement -' the person who says it can be sued for libel.
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
Federated Publications v. MSU Board of Trustees
Adjudication
Qualified privilege
2. The right to exploit one's name and likeness is personal to the artist and must be exercised - if at all - by him during his lifetime.' This resulted in a loss of inheriting personality rights in California.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
New York Times v. United States
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
3. A decision of a court that is recognized as an authority in deciding cases which deal with similar or identical questions of law.
5 Areas of privacy
False light
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
Precedent
4. Michigan court trials have to remain open. Parts can be closed - but never all of the trial. M.C.L.A 750.520k only applies to pre-trial hearings.
Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises
Nebraska Press Association. v. Stuart
McCracken v. Evening News Association
Detroit Free Press v. Macomb Circuit Judge
5. Reckless disregard for the truth; knowing falsity
Bay City Times v. City of Bay City
Intrusion on physical solitude
Actual malice
Pretiral hearing
6. (privacy) a. Because of who you are - you have a right to profit from your image b. Endorsements
Wilson v. Layne
Florida Star v. B.J.F
Eric Jackson v. Eastern Michigan University Foundation
Right to publicity
7. Statements of opinion that could be perceived as defamation need to be based on reliable evidence.
Injunction
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
Bay City Times v. City of Bay City
Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
8. Judge has an absolute duty to ensure fair trial rights. Judge must be able to control what's going on in the courtroom.
Public figure
Libel Per Se
Snepp v. United States
Shepherd v. Maxwell
9. Truth is only a defense in privacy cases when it's in a case of _______
Detroit Free Press - Inc. v. Oakland County Sheriff
False light
District Court
Food Lion - Inc - v. Capital Cities/ABC
10. In Michigan - there's an absolute right of public to be present during jury selection.
Qualified privilege
Irreparable harm
In re Closure of Voir Dire (People v. Lawrence)
MCLA 750.520k
11. A person vs. a person (corporation can be a person too
Amicus curiae
Any civil matter
Rouch 2
Certiorari
12. 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
Gannett v. DePasquale
People of the State of Michigan v. Pastor
5 Areas of privacy
McCracken v. Evening News Association
13. Innocent and negligent misstatement in a newspaper are protected under constitutional freedoms of speech and press.
Adjudication
Time Inc. v. Hill
Bradley v. Saranac Community Schools Board of Education
Irreparable harm
14. No guarantee of immunity for media ride alongs.
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
Food Lion - Inc - v. Capital Cities/ABC
Qualified privilege
Wilson v. Layne
15. 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.
Press-Enterprise v. Superior Court in Riverside
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
Booth & Ann Arbor News v. EMU Board of Regents
Kincaid v. Gibson
16. Written defamation which causes injury to another's reputation
Summary judgment
Herbert v. Lando
Libel
Edwards v. National Audubon Society
17. Opinion - privilege - fair comment - truth - constitutional defenses
Reporters Committee v. AT&T
Preliminary hearing
Defenses of libel
Amicus curiae
18. 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
Arraignment
Right to publicity
Booth Newspaper v. U of M Board of Regents
Intrusion on physical solitude
19. Michigan is in ____ district court in ____ -____
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
Houchins v. KQED Inc.
Richmond Newspapers - Inc. v. Virginia
6th - cincinnati OH
20. Set the standard in MI that negligence is needed to prove libel - as the legislature had not acted.
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
District Court
Rouch 1
Detroit Free Press v. Recorder's Court Judge
21. No liability for publishing information that was lawfully obtained.
Florida Star v. B.J.F
Gannett v. DePasquale
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
22. Police have to disclose incident report records. Do have to keep submitting FOIAs.
State News v. Michigan State University
Shepherd v. Maxwell
Time Inc. v. Pape
Qualified privilege
23. (Privacy) Ex. Kim Kardashian's sex tape
Irreparable harm
Precedent
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
In re Times Publishing Co.
24. Failure to obey an order made by the court
McIntosh v. The Detroit News
False light
Civil contempt
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
25. The power of authority of a particular court to hear and adjudicate matters in dispute
Rouch 1
State News v. Michigan State University
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
Jurisdiction
26. 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.
Libel Per Se
Tasini v. NYT
A.Z. v. Jane Doe
Precedent
27. Federal if between two states (although try to get it back to states) - telecommunications - crossing state lines - anything violating state law
District Court
Wilson v. Layne
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co
Florida Star v. B.J.F
28. To claim exemption for investigative records - they must show how disclosure would interfere with proceedings. The burden of proof is on the party claiming exemption.
Evening News Association v. Troy
False light
Pretiral hearing
Clark v. ABC
29. Michigan statute M.C.L.A. 750.520k violated the First - Fifth - and Fourteenth Amendments
Federated Publications v. MSU Board of Trustees
WXYZ v. Hand
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co
Freedom of Information Act
30. Under the language of the statute - these media representatives are not subject to an investigative subpoena.
Private figure
People of the State of Michigan v. Pastor
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Detroit Free Press - Inc. v. Oakland County Sheriff
31. In Michigan - booking photos are available to the public.
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
District Court
Detroit Free Press - Inc. v. Oakland County Sheriff
Time Inc. v. Firestone
32. 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.
Libel
Detroit Free Press v. Macomb Circuit Judge
Booth Newspaper v. U of M Board of Regents
Fair comment
33. 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.
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
Preliminary hearing
MCLA 750.520k
Branzburg v. Hayes
34. A court order preventing a person or group from doing or continuing to do a specific act.
Public figure
Richmond Newspapers - Inc. v. Virginia
False light
Injunction
35. Newspapers do not have an equal time requirement like broadcast has.
Michigan Federation of Teachers v. University of Michigan
Gag order
Shepherd v. Maxwell
Miami Herald Co. v. Tornillo
36. The First Amendment protection for students does not require a public school to print speech when they can justify their decision by stating it is lewd - indecent or offensive - or have legitimate pedagogical concerns.
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Publication of private matters that violate ordinary decency
Alander
R.O. v. Ithaca City School District
37. Published work of copyrighted material is a violation and isn't protected under Section 107 as 'fair use.'
Galella v. Onassis
Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises
Private figure
Booth Newspapers v. City of Kalamazoo
38. in an invasion of privacy tort - an action which occurs when an individual's expectation of privacy or right to be left alone is breached. EX. A reporter lies about his identity to gain access to information they couldn't under normal conditions.
New York Times v. United States
Gertz v. Welch
Intrusion on physical solitude
Freedom of Information Act
39. For purposes of divorce - there may be some elements of a public person's private life that make them a private figure.
Bradley v. Saranac Community Schools Board of Education
False light
Time Inc. v. Firestone
Clark v. ABC
40. Series of pre trail hearings: court created devices to weed out inadmissible evidence prior to trial. Often determine bargaining of prosecution and defendant to come up with plea bargain. Most cases are ended with plea bargain and don't go to trial.
Intrusion on physical solitude
Circuit Court
Amicus curiae
Edwards v. National Audubon Society
41. Compensatory damages are a proper remedy to avoid the injustice under a promissory estoppel claim.
Precedent
Federated Publications v. MSU Board of Trustees
Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co
42. For the purpose of defamation - a person who does not have regular - continuing access to the media - or on matters of public controversy. These individuals have a lesser burden of proof under most state libel laws.
Nebraska Press Association. v. Stuart
Rouch 2
Private figure
Evening News Association v. Troy
43. Lowest court handles: Tickets - civil matter - Misdemeanor - Felonies
District Court
Clark v. ABC
Time Inc. v. Pape
First amendment
44. Incidental use of someone's image cold be an invasion of privacy or defamation.
Clark v. ABC
6th - cincinnati OH
Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Company
Wolston v. Readers' Digest Association
45. Friend of the court.
Injunction
Time Inc. v. Hill
Doctrine of neutral reportage
Amicus curiae
46. 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.
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
6th - cincinnati OH
Miami Herald Co. v. Tornillo
47. The declaration of a final judgment based on the evidence presented
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Adjudication
Masson v. New Yorker Magazine
Gannett v. DePasquale
48. If the information is lawfully obtained - the defendant can't be held in contempt of court.
Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing
Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
In re Times Publishing Co.
Michigan Federation of Teachers v. University of Michigan
49. 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
Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps
Tasini v. NYT
In re Closure of Voir Dire (People v. Lawrence)
Booth Newspaper v. U of M Board of Regents
50. Money damages awarded to the injured party as compensation for a specific loss
Actual Damages
Bay City Times v. City of Bay City
False light
6th - cincinnati OH