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Public station allowed to reject Ku Klux Klan underwriting 01/25/99 MISSOURI--In early December, U.S. Magistrate Thomas Mummert in St. Louis…

Clinton trial raises new media, public access problems 01/25/99 WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Clinton's impeachment trial has sparked controversy over the right…

Jailed reporter's contempt conviction overturned 01/11/99 MISSISSIPPI--In mid-December, the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson unanimously overturned the contempt conviction of…

Taping constitutes þinterception' of call, court finds 01/11/99 NEVADA--In early December, a divided state Supreme Court in Carson City held…

Court overturns denial of author's FBI surveillance records 01/11/99 D.C. CIRCUIT--Seven years after author James Campbell's biography of the late…

Court finds þpending litigation' exemption to be narrow 01/11/99 FLORIDA--The state District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach held…

$3.25 million libel award over faked death scheme reversed 01/11/99 TEXAS--An appellate court in Houston in late December erased a…

Court finds press was improperly denied access to criminal trial 01/11/99 SEVENTH CIRCUIT--In mid-December, the U.S. Court of Appeals in…

Gore Commission agrees to public interest standard 01/11/99 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The 22-member Gore Commission, which has worked for over a year…

Libel suit by Simpson houseguest revived by appellate court 01/11/99 NINTH CIRCUIT--A libel suit filed by Kato Kaelin, O.J. Simpson's…