Case Categories: Reporters' Privilege

• Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)

  Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) ruled that the First Amendment did not create a constitutional privilege protecting reporters from having to testify in grand jury...

• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (1991)

  In Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. (1991), the Court declined to give First Amendment protection to a paper 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 stopped a newspaper from being held liable for publishing a rape victim's name...