First Amendment

Regulation banning casino advertising held unconstitutional 03/10/97 CALIFORNIA--A 63-year-old ban on broadcast advertisement for casino gambling violates broadcasters' rights and…

Stations drop Pacifica contract over prisoner commentaries 03/10/97 PENNSYLVANIA--In late February, Philadelphia radio station WRTI cancelled its arrangement to carry…

UPDATE: OREGON 02/24/97 Prosecutors decided in early February not to bring charges against Eugene Register-Guard reporter Jeff Wright and photography…

Photographer's film returned after confiscation by police, NTSB 02/24/97 MICHIGAN--State police in early February returned photographs and negatives confiscated from…

Appeals court affirms dismissal of charges over violent e-mail 02/10/97 MICHIGAN--In late January, the majority of a federal appeals panel…

Restriction on inmates' calls does not violate First Amendment 01/27/97 ALABAMA--In late December, 1996, the U.S. Court of Appeals in…

FBI can keep files on foundation's political activities 01/13/97

Teachers acquitted in newspaper theft case 01/13/97 OKLAHOMA--Two Oklahoma teachers were acquitted in mid-December of charges of destroying 3,500 to…

NASA ejects commentator from launch for opinions on Mars 01/13/97 WASHINGTON, D.C.--NASA denied a science writer and consultant press credentials…

City law barring workers from talking to press struck down 12/16/96 NEW YORK--In late November, a federal District Court judge…