Resources on Reporter's Privilege

MLRC has collected a variety of materials regarding the issue of reporter's privilege from a number of sources.  Opinions in materials not created by MLRC are those of their respective authors, not necessarily those of MLRC or its members. 

Click on the links below to access the materials.  Items with a key symbol () are available only to MLRC members; items without this symbol are available to the public. 

Federal Proceedings

• Recent Federal Reporter's Privilege Cases
  
  • Hatfill v. Ashcroft (Privacy Act case)
  • Joshua Wolf v. United States of America
  • In re Grand Jury Subpoenas to Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams (BALCO)
  • Hatfill v. New York Times
  • United States of America v. I. Lewis Libby
  • New York Times v. Gonzales
  • Wen Ho Lee v. Department of Justice (Privacy Act case)
  • In re: Grand Jury Subpoena (Judith Miller, Matthew Cooper and Time Inc.)
  • In re: Special Proceedings (James Taricani)
  • Other Recent Federal Cases

• Historical Reporter's Privilege Cases
  
  • Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
    • Decision, concurrances and dissents (findlaw.com)
    • Oral argument recording (oyez.com)
      

• Proposed Federal Shield Law Bills
  

• Department of Justice Guidelines

State Proceedings

• Recent State Reporter's Privilege Cases
  
  
• Proposed State Shield Law Bills
  
  
• State Shield Law Statutes

Articles, Reports and Panels on the Reporter's Privilege