Privacy Pt. 3:

• Know the legal DEFINITIONS for each of the four privacy torts, the DEFENSES against each one, the appropriate COURT CASES, and how each is treated under OKLAHOMA LAW.

• Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts

  • What criteria constitute this tort?

  • Why have the Oklahoma Supreme Court and U.S. Suprme Court established nearly complete protection for the media to accurately report from public records?
    • McCormack v. Oklahoma Publishing (Okla 1980)
    • Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn (1975)
    • Florida Star v. B.J.F. (1989)

  • What factors have courts focused on to determine if the fact is of public concern? In other words, how have court defined "public concern" under this tort?
    • Virgil v. Time, Inc. (9th Cir. 1975)

  • The media's objections to the tort of Public Disclosure of Embarrassing Private Facts.

  
  

• False Light
  • What criteria constitute this tort?

  • The media's objections to the tort of False Light.

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