Case Categories: Public Records Laws, Right of Access

• Houchins v. KQED (1978)

  In Houchins v. KQED (1978), the Supreme Court said that First Amendment freedom of the press did not give the press an unlimited right to gather information...

• John Doe #1 v. Reed (2010)

  In Doe No. 1 v. Reed (2010), the Court upheld a state law requiring the disclosure of referendum signers and ruled that the law on its face does not violate the...

• John Doe #1 v. Reed (2011)

  In John Doe # 1 v. Reed (2011), the Court decided not to issue an injunction to prevent disclosure of the names of individuals who had petitioned for an...

• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Co. (1999)

  Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Co. (1999) said banning release of arrestee information for commercial purposes didn't violate the...

• McBurney v. Young (2013)

  In McBurney v. Young (2013), the Court ruled that Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act, which made some public documents accessible only to Virginians, was...

• Sorrell v. IMS Health (2011)

  Sorrell v. IMS (2011) invalidated a state law prohibiting the sale of pharmacy data as an impermissible restriction on free speech guaranteed in the First...

• United States v. Zubaydah (2022)

  In a case examining the state secrets privilege, the Supreme Court decided in United States v. Zubaya (2022) that the U.S did not have to release the location...