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Gag order limited in post-conviction murder case proceedings 06/01/98 PENNSYLVANIA--In mid-April, the Lancaster judge presiding over the post-conviction proceedings of…

Memo urging council to fire finance director is public 06/01/98 TEXAS--A draft memorandum advocating the termination of the city of…

Court told to review personnel files before disclosure 06/01/98 WISCONSIN--Milwaukee public school employees who were fired or quit after a…

UPDATE: NEVADA 05/18/98 In early May, television station KVBC and one of its reporters filed suit in state district court…

UPDATE: U.S. SUPREME COURT 05/18/98 In late April the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to review the decision of the…

Newspaper ordered to reveal bombing information sources to Jewell 05/18/98 GEORGIA--A state court in Atlanta in late April ordered a…

FCC recognizes 'widest latitude' for independence of news 05/18/98 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Broadcast licensees are entitled to the "widest latitude of journalistic…

Strong public interest requires release of old FBI files 05/18/98 PENNSYLVANIA--Passage of time and a strong public interest in "illuminating…

Media lose appeal for access to Lewinsky proceedings, documents 05/18/98 D.C. CIRCUIT--In early May, a federal appeals panel in Washington,…

Media do not have right to view executions from the start 05/18/98 NINTH CIRCUIT--In late April, a federal appeals court…