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A Report on the Incidence of Subpoenas Served on the News Media in 2001
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State-by-state comparison of subpoenas served in 1997,
1999 and 2001
| State |
|
Shield law? |
|
Survey
responses |
|
Total subpoenas |
|
|
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
|
| Alabama |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
7 |
5 |
30 |
30 |
21 |
| Alaska |
X |
X |
X |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Arizona |
X |
X |
X |
9 |
6 |
1 |
30 |
10 |
0 |
| Arkansas |
X |
X |
X |
8 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
3 |
| California |
X |
X |
X |
49 |
31 |
13 |
322 |
233 |
41 |
| Colorado |
X |
X |
X |
11 |
13 |
7 |
30 |
115 |
57 |
| Connecticut |
|
|
8 |
6 |
3 |
84 |
32 |
15 |
| Delaware |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| D.C. |
X |
X |
X |
3 |
1 |
1 |
35 |
7 |
15 |
| Florida |
|
X |
X |
29 |
17 |
13 |
234 |
68 |
79 |
| Georgia |
X |
X |
X |
12 |
5 |
2 |
80 |
9 |
12 |
| Hawaii |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
| Idaho |
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
| Illinois |
X |
X |
X |
29 |
21 |
15 |
131 |
52 |
77 |
| Indiana |
X |
X |
X |
16 |
21 |
12 |
62 |
51 |
31 |
| Iowa |
|
|
|
20 |
16 |
15 |
34 |
12 |
23 |
| Kansas |
|
|
|
11 |
7 |
9 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
| Kentucky |
X |
X |
X |
9 |
4 |
6 |
135 |
1 |
13 |
| Louisiana |
X |
X |
X |
12 |
11 |
5 |
81 |
61 |
39 |
| Maine |
|
|
|
5 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
| Maryland |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
14 |
19 |
| Massachusetts |
|
|
10 |
3 |
7 |
65 |
20 |
22 |
| Michigan |
X |
X |
X |
13 |
15 |
13 |
40 |
48 |
32 |
| Minnesota |
X |
X |
X |
12 |
10 |
5 |
41 |
10 |
9 |
| Mississippi |
|
|
11 |
6 |
6 |
26 |
12 |
29 |
| Missouri |
|
|
|
16 |
17 |
11 |
85 |
29 |
30 |
| Montana |
X |
X |
X |
8 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| Nebraska |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
16 |
53 |
| Nevada |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| New
Hampshire |
|
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| New Jersey |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
4 |
3 |
29 |
24 |
5 |
| New Mexico |
X |
X |
X |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
| New York |
X |
X |
X |
23 |
17 |
12 |
188 |
119 |
53 |
| North
Carolina |
* |
X |
15 |
19 |
11 |
51 |
52 |
7 |
| North Dakota |
X |
X |
X |
5 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
| Ohio |
X |
X |
X |
23 |
11 |
8 |
96 |
5 |
4 |
| Oklahoma |
X |
X |
X |
12 |
9 |
7 |
13 |
12 |
9 |
| Oregon |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
9 |
8 |
14 |
5 |
8 |
| Pennsylvania |
X |
X |
X |
30 |
17 |
14 |
188 |
11 |
20 |
| Rhode Island |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| South Carolina |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
7 |
8 |
19 |
23 |
12 |
| South
Dakota |
|
|
6 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
15 |
6 |
| Tennessee |
X |
X |
X |
12 |
11 |
1 |
43 |
16 |
0 |
| Texas |
|
|
|
39 |
20 |
24 |
218 |
37 |
46 |
| Utah |
|
|
|
5 |
2 |
2 |
29 |
5 |
1 |
| Vermont |
|
|
|
10 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Virginia |
|
|
|
10 |
9 |
3 |
45 |
36 |
2 |
| Washington |
|
|
15 |
8 |
8 |
47 |
9 |
0 |
| West
Virginia |
|
|
8 |
6 |
3 |
37 |
48 |
2 |
| Wisconsin |
|
|
16 |
19 |
10 |
83 |
21 |
7 |
| Wyoming |
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
30 |
31 |
32 |
597 |
440 |
319 |
2725 |
1326 |
823 |
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| * North
Carolina’s shield law took effect in October 1999. |
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A Report on the Incidence of Subpoenas Served on the News Media in 2001
Published by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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