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Finding on FOI Act purpose not sufficient to change standard 07/26/99 CALIFORNIA--Another federal judge ruled in mid-June that Congress' efforts…

Judge attacks media in ruling to withhold documents in murder case 07/26/99 NEW YORK--In mid-July, City Court Judge William Mountain…

Coast Guard records search labeled 'inadequate' 07/26/99 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Ruling that a Coast Guard records search was inadequate, the U.S. Court…

MASSACHUSETTS--Records custodians may not invoke the common law work product doctrine to exempt executive branch records from disclosure, the Massachusetts…

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Full comments on reintroducing the grizzly bear into portions of Idaho and Montana must be made public, a federal…

OHIO--Former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Michael Gallagher was sentenced to five years of probation and 200 hours of community service in…

CALIFORNIA--In June, a former city attorney was ordered to pay $34,657 in legal fees to the weekly Dixon Independent Voice…

CALIFORNIA--In early July, a state Superior Court judge in Sacramento dismissed the case against a prominent gay journalist accused of…

NEW YORK--In mid-July, a federal district court judge in New York ruled that Mayor Rudoloph Giuliani's Office of Film, Theater,…

INDIANA--A photographer for the South Bend Tribune was arrested minutes after he attempted to photograph the family of a slain…