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Law restricting commercial access to records unconstitutional 07/27/98 NINTH CIRCUIT--A California law barring release of addresses of arrested persons for…

SEVENTH CIRCUIT--In late July, the federal appeals court in Chicago (7th Cir.) unanimously held that a publisher of nonpersonalized commodities…

State law restricting online communications enjoined 07/27/98 NEW MEXICO--A restrictive New Mexico law that criminalizes online communications involving nudity or…

PENNSYLVANIA--A public transportation agency violated the First Amendment by rejecting an anti-abortion advertisement for display in its stations and vehicles,…

Retirement plan records must be disclosed to newspaper 07/27/98 COLORADO--Two state appeals court panels in Denver have ordered the disclosure…

Governor may have executive privilege to keep calendar secret 07/27/98 MARYLAND--In early July, a state circuit court judge in Annapolis…

NLRB loses subpoena fight over 'blind box' advertisement 07/27/98 SIXTH CIRCUIT--In mid-July the federal appeals court in Cincinnati (6th Cir.)…

TEXAS--In mid-July, a divided Texas Supreme Court in Austin denied a First Amendment challenge to a professional conduct rule restricting…

INDIANA--In a move he characterized as continuing his administration's commitment to open government, Governor Frank O'Bannon appointed the state's first…

In late June, a federal judge in Little Rock vacated a broad confidentiality order covering pretrial documents in Paula Jones'…