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The California Commission on Judicial Performance and the New York Commission on Judicial Conduct disciplined judges for speaking publicly about cases on appeal. California Superior Court Judge Howard Broadman spoke to Time Magazine about probationary methods he applied to a teenager whose case was on appeal. New York state trial court justice Douglas McKeon spoke about witness credibility in the O.J. Simpson trial. Broadman stated the First Amendment protected his comments. McKeon felt an arduous sanction appeal process should not occur in response to aiding a journalist.
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The Oregon Supreme Court in Apr 1996 ordered the state Circuit Court in Hillsboro to vacate its gag order on Sports Management News, Inc. (SMNI) or show in writing why it has not. The order kept SMNI from publishing in its Sporting Goods Intelligence newsletter information about upcoming Adidas products. Adidas filed in March 1996 a trade misappropriation suit against SMNI based on an article in its Feb 19, 1996, newsletter. Adidas claims the information came from its highly confidential 'Proprietary Booklet,' for internal use.
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The Indiana Supreme Court denied review of Howard Publications v. Lake Michigan Charters Ltd. in which the trial court had restrained a local newspaper from publishing information gleaned from documents that had been submitted by a non-party for in camera review. The newspaper argued that the order was a prior restraint that had not been adequately justified. The courts decided that the confidentiality of in camera review took priority over public interest in the information.
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