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1. To win a lawsuit for the publication of private facts, the plaintiff must show that
2. In 2012, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Marsh v. County of San Diego became the first federal
appellate court to recognize a U.S. constitutional right to privacy in
3. Which of the following would provide a plaintiff with a strong chance of winning a private facts lawsuit?
4. The publication of the name of the victim of a rape is regarded as
5. If Debra Price sued a newspaper for invasion of privacy after it reported that in 1971 she was arrested for
planting a bomb under a police car during a protest demonstration, most courts would rule
6. To succeed in a cause of action for public disclosure of private facts, the private fact must be communicated:
7. Which of the four invasion of privacy torts has received the least recognition by state courts?
8. Courts have suggested that which one of the following is tantamount to the opposite of newsworthiness?
9. The two areas of the law of privacy that currently seem most affected by the Internet are
11. What must a plaintiff, who is suing for the publication of private facts, prove to the court to win his or her
suit?
12. Most persons think of the publication of private facts about a person when they think of the right to privacy,
yet this variety of the tort has been the least accepted by the courts. Why?
13. In a public disclosure of private facts lawsuit, courts will always consider how a story was reported, as well
as what information was reported.
14. While most courts in libel actions have rejected the notion of the involuntary public figure, courts have
generally recognized this concept in privacy cases.
15. While a few newspapers have codes of ethics, journalism organizations like the Society of Professional
Journalists have not developed such codes, for fear of alienating some of their members.
16. American businesses enthusiastically adopted Internet privacy provisions identical to those adopted in the
European Data Privacy Directive.
17. Publication of private facts cases are the easiest type of privacy case for a plaintiff to win.
