Readings and Study Guides

CONTENTS

Instructional Material/Problem-Solving Guides

• Reading and Understanding the Law
• Gitlow v. New York (annotated)
• Gitlow v. New York (showing page numbers)
• News Reporter's Guide to Law
• Solving Legal Problems
• Summary of Four Libel Defenses
• Libel Decision Tree
• Summary of Privacy Defenses

Cases

• Near v. Minnesota
• Pentagon Papers Case (New York Times v. U.S.)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
• Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing
• Schenck v. United States
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
• Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC
• Miami Herald v. Tornillo
• FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
• New York Times v. Sullivan
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
• Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
• Branzburg v. Hayes
• Harper & Row v. Nation
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric v. Public Service Commission
• In the Matter of Novartis Corporation

Statutes and Rules

• Equal Time Law (§ 315) and Federal Candidate Access Law (§312(A)(7))
• Wisconsin Fair Report and Retractions Statutes
• Wisconsin Privacy Act
• Wisconsin Open Records Law
• Open Records Guide
• Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
• Open Meetings Guide

Study Questions and Sample Problems

• Study Questions for Cases
• Sample Problems
• Sample Answers

Sample Exams

• Sample Short-Answer Exam Questions
• Sample Midterm Exam
• Sample Final Exam
• Sample Final Exam Answers

Powerpoint Slides (in pdf format)

• Reading the Law
• Introduction/Concepts
• Censorship
• Student Speech
• Sedition
• Political Speech
• Indecency
• Libel
• Privacy
• Access
• Privilege
• Intellectual Property
• Commercial Speech

Other Cases, Etc.

• Personal Attack Rule and Political Editorial Rule
• Green Bay Newspaper Case
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Company
• Bartnicki v. Vopper
• United States v. O'Brien
• Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC