October 2, 2011
Zacchini vs. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company June 28 1977 http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16238771870259020023&q=zacchini+v.+scripps-howard+broadcasting&hl=en&as_sdt=2,36&as_vis=1 Facts of Case: The plaintiff, Hugo Zacchini, is an entertainer that performs a human cannonball act where he is shot from a cannon and into a net about 200 feet away. Each performance is about fifteen seconds long. In August and September of 1972, Zacchini was […]
September 19, 2011
DISCUSSION CASE Title: LEVESQUE VS.DOOCY 1.THE SITUATION: As we know freedom of the press is given to us in the first amendment, but we follow a code of ethics so that we uphold certain values. Say a reporter writes a story and include legitimate quotations from you and then a third party comes along […]
September 19, 2011
1. Facts of Case: A national magazine publication, American Opinion, published a story concerning the 1968 shooting of a Chicago youth by a Chicago police officer. The officer was found guilty of second-degree murder by the Illinois state court and a civil suit was later brought on the officer by the victim’s family. Hired as […]
September 18, 2011
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) Facts of Case: After a student-led protest against segregation occurred in the South, the New York Times ran a full page ad entitled, “Heed Their Rising Voices.” Some of the specifics of the advertisement were false, such as the number of times Martin Luther King was jailed. L.B. Sullivan, […]
September 12, 2011
1. Facts of Case In the case Hosty vs Carter (2005), http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1316383.html, the administration at Governors State University in Illinois shut down Innovator, a college student run newspaper, after the students refused to let administration approve publications before they were published. Three students then sued the University because their First Amendment rights were being violated. […]
September 12, 2011
1. THE FACTS In May 1983, Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other student journalists at Hazelwood East High School filed suit against the Hazelwood school District. Kuhlmeier and the two other staff members did this after the principal, Robert Reynolds, required the deletion of two pages from the school paper on May 13, 1983. The articles […]
September 12, 2011
Facts: As we finish discussing the first amendment and begin analyzing student speech, it seems fitting to look at a case that combines both: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 u.s. 503 (1969). John F. Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt went to high school in Des Moines, Iowa. Mary Beth Tinker attended middle school. […]
September 11, 2011
Whitney v. California was decided on May 16, 1927. (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=274&invol=357) 1. Facts Anita Whitney was charged in violation of the Criminal Syndicalism Act (CSA) of the state of California on five counts. The CSA states,” that any doctrine or precept advocating, teaching, or aiding and abetting the commission of crime sabotage or unlawful acts of […]
September 6, 2011
1. Facts of Case The United States v. O’Brien case started in 1966 and was officially settled in 1968. David Paul O’Brien and three others were arrested on March 31st, 1966 by several FBI agents on the steps the South Boston Courthouse. Members of the large crowd that had gathered attacked the three men after […]
September 6, 2011
Facts of the Case New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) – Link to Case The New York Times and the Washington Post obtained illegally copied secret documents on the Vietnam War referred to as the Pentagon Papers. The U.S. government issued a court order through the United States District Court of New York, […]
