Contempt of court

Fox News reporter Jana Winter won't have to testify about her confidential sources regarding the notebook of alleged theater shooter James Holmes – for now.

The new judge presiding over the James Holmes trial unsealed the highly coveted search and arrest warrants in the case on Thursday, providing the media with new details about the high-profile Colorado movie theater shooting.

An Occupy Wall Street protester is challenging a court’s decision requiring his tweets to be handed over to New York prosecutors, arguing that his First and Fourth Amendment rights should apply to tweets like they would to information stored on a personal computer or phone.

Twitter complied today with a court order to hand over to New York prosecutors an Occupy Wall Street protester’s tweets and subscriber information.

After a state appellate court earlier this week denied Twitter's request to stay the proceedings, lawyers for the social networking company argued that disclosing an Occupy Wall Street protester's tweets and subscriber information would negatively affect those who use the social media service.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to hold the CIA in contempt for destroying video tapes sought as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit designed to shed light on the agency’s interrogation program.

In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein criticized the CIA for ignoring a court order requiring the agency to preserve the tapes, but stopped short of holding the agency in contempt.

Banning the media and public from a juror contempt hearing violates the First Amendment-based right of public access to criminal court proceedings, the Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled last month in the case of Riley v. Gibson.

The Kansas reporter who lost her job in early March, following a battle over a subpoena for her newsgathering materials, has won four awards from the Kansas Press Association, the Dodge City Daily Globe reported.