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Washington Redskins owner sues Washington, D.C. weekly for defamation

donal brown February 8, 2011

After criticism in a November article in the Washington City Paper, a weekly newspaper, Washington Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder choose to threaten litigation rather than ask for equal time or corrections and ultimately  filed a defamation suit against the newspaper. In a commentary in The New York Times, February 6, David Carr wrote, “Neither Mr. Snyder nor his executives ever got in touch with the newspaper or its editors, preferring to try to exercise

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Juror in gang case is contesting judge’s order to turn over Facebook posting

donal brown February 7, 2011

A Sacramento Superior Court judge gave a juror 10 days to comply with an order to turn over postings he made on Facebook last year during a trial concerning a gang beating. Lawyers for the Killa Mobb gang are asking for the postings to make sure that the juror was not biased. A lawyer for the juror Arturo Ramirez said that surrendering the postings would violate the privacy rights of his client and promised to

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Federal appeals court: Evangelist required to obtain permit to speak at college

donal brown February 7, 2011

The 11th Circuit federal appeals court denied a request from an evangelical preacher for an injunction allowing him to preach on a college campus without a permit. The preacher routinely speaks for four to six hours in busy areas on college campuses and was arrested for trespassing at Southern University in Georgia. The appeals court decision said the campus was a”limited public forum”: “There is no record evidence suggesting (nor has Bloedorn [the preacher] even

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California: Santa Rosa County supervisors reject plea for public comments

donal brown February 7, 2011

Sonoma County supervisors  have rejected a request by opponent of an asphalt plant to reconsider their decision to not allow public comment during the final vote on the Petaluma project last year. The opponents said not allowing public comment violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The county said no comment was required since the supervisors held a long hearing on the project in October that allowed for extensive public comment. -db From

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California: Oxnard public agency charged with violating open meeting law

donal brown February 7, 2011

The Ventura County District Attorney has concluded that the Economic Development Corporation (EDOC) of Oxnard violated the state open meeting law, the Brown Act, when it canceled a special meeting then reconvened it 20 minutes later. The DA’s office issued an order that the violation be corrected by rescheduling the meeting and revoting on the meeting’s item. The president of the EDCO agreed with the DA that the violation was unintentional and has scheduled a

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