Legal Opinion
Stahl v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 22, 1983No. M-80-326, M-80-377 and M-80-328PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
Appellants are nine newspersons convicted in a non-jury trial of Trespass after Being Forbidden, in violation of 21 O.S. 1971, § 1835. Each was fined $25.00.
*840The pivotal issue in this appeal is whether the First Amendment shields newspersons from state criminal prosecution in their news gathering function. We hold that it does not.
Black Fox Station is a 2,206 acre tract of land in Rogers County, Oklahoma, owned by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), an Oklahoma corporation. PSO and two rural electric cooperatives, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Adderley v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. BergenColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
- WPIX, Inc. v. League of Women VotersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Opinion No. (2005), Oklahoma Attorney General Reports2005
- People v. BergenColorado Court of Appeals · 1994
- Stahl v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983