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1. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2013 in McBurney v. Young that states may:
2. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2011 ruling in Milner v. Department of the Navy gave
3. In 2006, a federal appellate court in Baltimore Sun v. Ehrlich held that a state governor
4. The 2010 case of Frederick v. Biography Channel involving the actions of the police in Naperville, Illinois,
illustrates the problems when
5. Under the federal Freedom of Information Act, a government agency has how many working/business days
to respond to a request for records after it receives the request?
6. Records of which of the following are not subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act?
7. The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 in National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish
centered on a dispute over access to:
8. In making federal FOIA requests, representatives of the news media are
9. When it comes to journalists recording and taping telephone conversations, the vast majority of states fall
into the category of
10. In determining whether to award attorney fees to a plaintiff who has prevailed in a FOIA lawsuit against a
government agency, courts often consider:
11. Journalists who trespass are subject to:
12. Since taking office in January 2009, President Barack Obama
13. Explain the general principle about newsgathering that is illustrated by the case of Lawrence Matthews and
his investigation for a news story on child pornography.
14. As described in the textbook, define trespass.
An intentional, unauthorized (i.e., without consent) entry onto land that is occupied or possessed by another.
15. Identify the four factors articulated by a federal judge in 2009 for determining whether a government agency
as sufficient “control” over a document to render it an “agency record” for purposes of the federal Freedom of
16. In general, explain how the courts have responded to the argument that the First Amendment protects the
right to gather news?
17. The case of Wilson v. Layne illustrates the principle that when law enforcement officials bring reporters
during a ride-along inside a private home during an otherwise valid search they may violate the _____________
18. The federal law adopted in 1974 that is designed to safeguard the privacy of students’ education records is
known by the acronym ____________.
19. The federal law and rules designed to protect the privacy of information of medical patients is known by the
acronym ______________.
20. The Office of ___________________ was created as part of the Open Government Act of 2007 to serve as
an ombudsperson and to mediate FOIA disputes as a nonexclusive alternative to litigation.
21. The Supreme Court has ruled that journalists may accompany the police when they execute search warrants,
even if the property owners protest, because such press coverage assists the public in understanding how law
enforcement agencies operate.
22. A helicopter hovering above a person’s property at a very low altitude for a prolonged period of time may
constitute a trespass over that person’s property.
23. Plaintiffs’ attorneys now are suing not just for how news is reported, but increasingly for how news is
gathered.
24. One of the numbered exemptions to the federal Freedom of Information Act exempts from disclosure
agency records that reveal trade secrets.
25. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2011 in FCC v. ATT, Inc. that FOIA Exemption 7 (c) applies to corporate
entities.
