First Amendment

Turkey threatens legal action over '60 Minutes' report on Kurds02/12/96 TURKEY--Turkey's deputy foreign minister, Onur Oymen, complained to a U.S.…

Snow emergency prompts state to stop the presses01/29/96 PENNSYLVANIA--Due to a "state of emergency" caused by early January's blizzard, newspaper…

Class action suit filed over distribution of free publication12/18/95 WASHINGTON--King County Superior Court Judge Jim Bates in late November allowed…

Charges against reporter of inciting racial hatred dismissed11/20/95 TURKEY-- An American correspondent for Reuters news service was cleared in early…

Publisher sues mayor for throwing away newspapers11/06/95 NEW JERSEY--A weekly newspaper in Elizabeth filed a lawsuit in federal District Court…

Mayor sues paper for pulling campaign ad11/06/95 CONNECTICUT--The mayor of Waterbury in late October filed a complaint with the state…

FTC orders auto dealers to end newspaper advertising boycott10/09/95 CALIFORNIA--The Federal Trade Commission in early August announced that a group…

Law banning payments to witnesses and jurors found unconstitutional09/11/95 CALIFORNIA--A federal District Court judge in San Francisco held in early…

Syndicate fights state's attempt to tax cartoons07/03/95 CALIFORNIA--Creators Syndicate said in late June it will take legal action against California…

Court allows cable operators to drop 'indecent' material07/03/95 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Cable company operators who ban what they believe to be "indecent"…