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Doctor who spoke out on hospital issue is a public figure 11/16/98 NEW MEXICO--A prominent doctor is a limited-purpose public…

Newspaper delivery cannot be limited by local litter ordinance 11/16/98 ILLINOIS--The state Circuit Court in Pekin ruled that a community…

Former D.A. drops libel suit against cable television station 11/16/98 LOUISIANA--The former district attorney of Terrebonne parish has dropped his…

Congress suspends President's declassification order 11/02/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The linchpin of the administration's Executive Order on Classification, an automatic declassification program…

Reporter's privilege held to protect non-confidential information 11/02/98 FLORIDA--In late October, the state Supreme Court in Tallahassee unanimously overruled a…

Judge finds media gag on teachers is unconstitutional 11/02/98 IDAHO--An Idaho Falls judge in mid-September held that the Jefferson County…

Federal certification records must be disclosed under state law 11/02/98 NEW YORK--In late October, the state high court in Albany…

CALIFORNIA--A bill that makes it a misdemeanor to insert advertisements into a newspaper without the paper's authorization was signed into…

FOURTH CIRCUIT--Federal District Judge W. Earl Britt in Raleigh refused in mid-October to remove himself from a case in which…

CALIFORNIA--In late October, a federal district judge in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order preventing a World-Wide Web site…