A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out the Chicago Tribune’s public records lawsuit against the University of Illinois, finding that the suit must be brought in state court.
Tag: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
It’s not the coverage of the crime, it’s the coverage of the cover-up
What does it say when two of the three stories capturing first place in the AP Managing Editors First Amendment awards are about secrecy by public universities?
FERPA and access to public records
The latest legal developments related to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (aka "Buckley Amendment").
Citing New Federal Campus Crime Law, Missouri Judge Orders School to Release Campus Court Records
In the first case involving application of the federal campus crime reporting laws enacted last fall, a Missouri judge ruled on January 26 that Southwest Missouri State University was required to open certain student disciplinary records to the public. Three days after the ruling, the university released the names of five students who had been found guilty in campus judicial proceedings of violent or sexual offenses.
Missouri university goes to court over release of disciplinaryrecords under federal act
Call it deja vu. Sort of.
Md. opens athelete parking ticket records
Information about unpaid parking tickets of student athletes and coaches as well as information about related NCAA violations must be open to the public, Maryland's high court ruled in December.
Open judicial hearings fight ends bittersweet
More than two years and $20,000 later, the newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received an answer it did not want to hear.
Suit filed by North Carolina paper for access to campus disciplinary hearings
The student newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has filed one of the first cases in history to gain access to student disciplinary hearings.
Frasca v. Andrews
In 1978, the principal of Sewanhaka Central High School in New York confiscated all copies of the student newspaper, The Chieftain, before they were distributed.
Frasca v. Andrews
In 1978, the principal of Sewanhaka Central High School in New York confiscated all copies of the student newspaper, The Chieftain, before they were distributed.