Reporter's Privilege: Recent State Court Cases

• Johns-Byrne Co. v. TechnoBuffalo (Ill. Cir. Jan. 13, 2012)
• Transcript: People v. McCullough (Ill. Cir. Nov. 8, 2011) (The Associated Press and Chicago Tribune)
• Florida v. Susana (Fla. Cir. Sept. 27, 2011) (The Florida Times-Union)
• Natalevic v. Lakewood Vaad (N.J. Super. Aug. 5, 2011) (Asbury Park Press)
• Hodson v. Al Roker Entertainment (N.Y. Sup. June 27, 2011) (DEA)
• People v. McAndrews (Ill. Cir. June 21, 2011) (Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and Loyola Phoenix)
• Too Much Media v. Hale (N.J. June 7, 2011)
  • Appellate decision (N.J. Super. Apr. 22, 2010)
  • Transcript of Denial of Motion for Reconsideration (N.J. Super.) (Sept. 11, 2009)
  • Superior Court decision (June 30, 2009)
• State of West Virginia ex. rel. The Lincoln Journal v. Hon. Jane Hustead (W.Va. May 2, 2011)
  • Butcher v. The Lincoln Journal (W.Va.Cir. Sept. 14, 2010)
• State v. Fitzgerald (N.C. Super. Apr. 7, 2011)  (The First 48)
• Florida v. Anthony (Fla. Cir. Mar. 14, 2011) (WFTV)
• WTVJ-NBC 6 v. Shehadeh (Fla. Dist. App. Mar. 9, 2011)
• State v. Spence-Jones (Fla. Cir. Mar. 7, 2011) (WFOR-TV)
• People v. Diaz (N.Y. Sup. Jan. 11, 2011) (Daily News)
• State v. Jerger (Cal. Super. Dec. 16, 2010) (KKI Productions)
• Horstman v. Hoffman (Ill. Cir. Nov. 16, 2010) (Chicago Tribune and Winnetka Talk)
• Montana v. Winter (Mont. Dist. Oct. 7, 2010) (Daily Inter Lake)
• The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. May 6, 2010)
  • The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. Super. March 11, 2009)
• State of Utah v. Roman (Utah Dist. May 4, 2010) (Deseret News)
• State of Tennessee v. Gutierrez (Tenn. Crim. March 30, 2010) (Gangland Productions)
• Gatehouse Media v. Love (Kan. Feb. 2, 2010) (The Dodge City Globe)
  • In the Matter of an Inquisition (Kan. Dist. Dec. 9, 2009)
• Cueto v. Chicago Tribune Company (Ill. App. Oct. 14, 2009) (Belleville News-Democrat)
  • Lower court decision
• People v. Vickers (N.Y. Sup. July 27, 2009) (Democrat and Chronicle)
• State v. Hubbard (Tex. Dist. May 26, 2009) (KIII-TV3)
• People v. Redmond Mercereau (N.Y. Sup. March 18, 2009) (NBC News)
• Commonwealth v. Riley (Mass. Crim. Nov. 12, 2008) (CBS/60 Minutes)
• In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena to Julie Sherwood, et al. (N.Y. Sup. Nov. 3, 2008) (Canandaigua Daily Messenger)
• Trump v. O'Brien (N.J. Super. App. Div. Oct. 24, 2008) (Hachette Book Group USA)
  • Hearing on Motion to Compel (Dec. 20, 2006))
• Castellani v. Scranton Times-Tribune, (Pa. Super. Sept. 24, 2008) (Scranton Times-Tribune)
  • Dissent
  • Superior Court decision
• Trump v. Sulzberger (N.Y. Sup. Aug. 20, 2008) (executives of New York Times)
• Sweet v. Sheehan (Fla. Cir. May 9, 2008) (New York Times)
• Hendrix v. Highsmith (Ga. Super. May 9, 2008) (FOX5)
• Perito v. Finklestein (N.Y. App. Div. May 6, 2008) (Harcourt Inc.)
  • Trial court decision
• Flores v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (Ariz. App. March 25, 2008) (Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.) 

For a summary of the cases, click here.

Cases Involving Anonymous Posters

• State of North Carolina v. Mead (N.C. Super. Aug. 16, 2010) (The Gaston Gazette)
• The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. May 6, 2010)
  • The Mortgage Specialists v. Implode-Explode Heavy Industries (N.H. Super. March 11, 2009)
• Kymberly Clem v. An Unknown Person (Ky. Cir. March 25, 2010) (Richmond Register)
• Transcript: Straus Newspapers v. People of the State of NY (N.Y. Sup. Feb. 9, 2010)
• Vinogradov v. Montana State University (Mont. Dist. June 5, 2009) (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) 
• The Alton Telegraph v. Illinois (Ill. Cir. May 15, 2009)
• Beal v. Calobrisi (Fl. Cir. Oct. 9, 2008) (Northwest Florida Daily News)
• Doe v. TS (Or. Cir. Sept. 30, 2008) (Willamette Week and Portland Mercury)
• Doty v. Molnar (Hearing on Motion to Quash (Sept. 3, 2008)) (Billings Gazette)
• Ottingers v. Does (N.Y. Sup. June 27, 2008) (The Journal News)