Case Categories: Reporters' Privilege

• Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)

  In Branzburg v. Hayes (1972), the Supreme Court ruled that press freedom did not create a constitutional privilege protecting reporters from having to testify...

• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (1991)

  The Supreme Court in 1991 declined to give First Amendment protection to the Minneapolis Star Tribune that was being sued for divulging a confidential source....

• Florida Star v. B.J.F. (1989)

  In Florida Star v. B.J.F. (1989), the Supreme Court said the First Amendment precluded a newspaper from being held civilly liable under state law for publishing...