Legal and Ethical Principles
for the Mass Media
Case Brief Checklist
Topic
Case
First Amendment:
Right to Reply
Miami Herald v. Tornillo
Fairness Doctrine
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC
Symbolic Speech
U.S. v. O’Brien
Virginia v. Black
Texas v. Johnson
Clear & Present Danger
Schenck v. U.S.
Watts v. U.S.
Hate Speech/Fighting Words
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Cohen v. California
Feiner v. New York
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Overbreadth Doctrine
Board of Airport Commissioners of LA v.
Jews for Jesus
Time, Place & Manner
Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.
Heffron v. Internt’l Society for Krishna
Consciousness
Houchins v. KQED Inc.
Snyder v. Phelps
Tinker v. Des Moines
Forum
Loving v. Boren
New York magazine v. Metropolitan Transit
Authority
Children of the Rosary v. city of Phoenix
Lovell v. Griffin
Prior Restraint
Near v. Minnesota
Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe
New York Times v. U.S.
U.S. v. Progressive
Colorado v. Bryant
NPA v. Stuart
War
JB Pictures, Inc. v. Defense Department
Topic
Case
Flynt v. Rumsfeld
Libel
Blatty v. The New York Times
Weinstein v. Bullock
Bryson v. News American Publications, Inc.
Raye v. Letterman
Kaelin v. Globe Communications
Texas Beef Group v. Winfrey
Miklovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
Private v. Public People
New York Times v. Sullivan
Gertz v. Welch
Lewis v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting
Lohrenz v. Donnelly
Hustler v. Falwell
Time, Inc. v. Firestone
Jewell v. Cox Enterprises
Invasion of Privacy
Deteresa v. ABC
Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn
Sanders v. ABC
Medical Lab Management Consultants v.
ABC
Galella v. Onassis
Le Mistral Inc. v. CBS
Florida Star v. BJF
Florida Publishing Co. v. Fletcher
Bartnicki v. Vopper
McNamara v. Freedom Newspapers, Inc.
Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, Inc.
Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. District Court
of Oklahoma
Freedom of Information
U.S. v. Lawrence Charles Matthews
Obscenity
Miller v. California
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants
Association
Advertising
Valentine v. Chrestensen
Central Hudson Gas & Electric v. NY Public
Service Commission
Virginia Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia
Citizens Council
Greater New Orleans Broadcasting v. U.S.
FTC v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Carson v. Here’s Johnny Portable Toilets
Midler v. Ford Motor Co.
White v. Samsung Electronics
Topic
Case
Nike, Inc. v. Kasky
Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products
Posadas v. Tourism Co.
Rubin v. Coors
44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island
Bigelow v. Virginia
Copyright/Trademark
Eldred v. Ashcroft
Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone
Services Co.
Harper & Row Publishers v. Nation
Enterprises
MGM Studios v. Grokster
White-Smith Music Pub Co. v. Apollo Co.
A&M Records v. Napster
New York Times Co. v. Tasini
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony
PETA v. Doughney
Universal Studios v. Nintendo
Sony v. Universal Studios
Broadcasting
U.S. v. Playboy
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
Red Lion Broadcasting vs. FCC
CBS v. Democratic National Committee
NBC v. US