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1. Words that may be innocent on face - but facts make story damaging

2. The First Amendment protection for students does not require a public school to print speech when they can justify their decision by stating it is lewd - indecent or offensive - or have legitimate pedagogical concerns.

3. Civil cases when the amount in dispute is less than $25 -000

4. A published article must be so inaccurate that it will have more of an effect on the reader than the literal truth would.

5. MI Supreme Court ruled directory information of teachers cannot be disclosed. (home address and phone number)

6. Requires certain information held by various federal and state agencies to be made available to the public unless the information falls under one of the exemptions.

7. If you obtain material from a third party illegally - media are still protected and can publish.

8. Michigan statute M.C.L.A. 750.520k violated the First - Fifth - and Fourteenth Amendments

9. A decision of a court that is recognized as an authority in deciding cases which deal with similar or identical questions of law.

10. This protects the media from liability of defamatory statements made during official proceedings. The published story must be a fair and accurate account of what happened.

11. In an invasion of privacy tort - the right an individual has to profit from their likeness - or to prevent others from gaining value for their own commercial benefit

12. hearing where the judge decides whether or not there is sufficient evidence to prove a crime. In michigan - takes place in district court

13. Set the standard in MI that negligence is needed to prove libel - as the legislature had not acted.

14. Statements of opinion that could be perceived as defamation need to be based on reliable evidence.

15. Lowest court handles: Tickets - civil matter - Misdemeanor - Felonies

16. If an ongoing - criminal investigation is actively underway - discretion may be used under the exemption claim in FOIA to withhold some documents.

17. A court created device to weed out inadmissible evidence in advance of trial

18. Motions for summary judgment is applicable if the publication is not private facts and is newsworthy.

19. There is liability even if the news organization reports both sides - if the sources are not credible.

20. Innocent and negligent misstatement in a newspaper are protected under constitutional freedoms of speech and press.

21. First Amendment protects media to report information from official records available in open court.

22. Criminal matters anything less than a year in jail

23. In Michigan - booking photos are available to the public.

24. The declaration of a final judgment based on the evidence presented

25. Institutes procedures to ensure every citizen has the right to access government documents - as well as the right to inspect and receive copies of records from state and local government bodies.

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