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CALIFORNIA--In mid-June, an appellate panel in Santa Ana unanimously ordered the release of transcripts of a grand jury investigation into…

MISSOURI--An autopsy report prepared as part of an investigation into a violent death may be withheld from the St. Joseph…

OHIO--E-mail messages between public employees using public electronic mail systems will not be considered public records unless the messages document…

LOUISIANA--A state appellate court in Baton Rouge in mid-May decided that a suit brought by the victim of an armed…

MONTANA--A state committee appointed to evaluate proposals for the construction of a private prison must conduct its meetings in public…

WASHINGTON--False political advertising is protected by the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court in Olympia ruled in mid-June. The court…

LOUISIANA--Louisiana prisoners no longer have the right to exchange sealed letters with news reporters, the state's top prison administrator declared…

In late May the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review the decision of the federal court of appeals in…

CALIFORNIA--The state Supreme Court in Sacramento in early June decided that two people injured in an auto accident could sue…

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996 holds unrealized promise for journalists, Jane E. Kirtley, executive director of…