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Minn. Stat. § 595.021 (2026)

News Media; Protection Of Sources; Citation

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Sections 595.021 to 595.025 may be cited as the "Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Weinberger v. Maplewood Review, 668 N.W.2d 667 (Minn. 2003).
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Weinberger v. Maplewood Review, 668 N.W.2d 667 (Minn. 2003). · cites it 2× “The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources.”
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., 457 N.W.2d 199 (Minn. 1990). · cites it 3× “" I suggest to do so is indeed ironical when considered in the light of the extensive efforts of each to promote enactment of Minnesota Statutes Sections 595.021 to 595.025, the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act, sometimes popularly referred to as the Reporter's Shield Act.”
United States v. Jeffrey Sterling, 724 F.3d 482 (4th Cir. 2013). “5a; Minn.Stat. § 595.021; Mont. Code Ann. § 26-1-901 ; Neb.”
Weinberger v. Maplewood Review, 648 N.W.2d 249 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “The Minnesota legislature enacted the Free Flow of Information Act (Act), Minn. Stat. § 595.021 -.025 (2000), in 1973, one year after the Supreme Court’s decision in Branzburg , to provide statutory protection to reporters from compelled disclosure of their sources.”
Heaslip v. Freeman, 511 N.W.2d 21 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994). “The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources.”
State v. Turner, 550 N.W.2d 622 (Minn. 1996). “The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources.”
Williams v. Am. Broad. Companies, Inc., 96 F.R.D. 658 (W.D. Ark. 1983). “5a]; Minn.Stat. Ann. § 595.021 et seq.; Mont.Rev.”
State v. Knutson, 539 N.W.2d 254 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “ISSUE Did the district court err in denying a motion to quash a prosecutor’s subpoena of a newspaper’s unpublished photographs? ANALYSIS The Daily argues that the photographs are protected by Minn.”
The New York Times Co. v. Gonzales, 382 F. Supp. 2d 457 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). “6; Minn. Stat. Ann. § 595.021 et seq.; Mont.”
Bauer v. Gannett Co., Inc.(KARE 11), 557 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. Ct. App. 1997). “The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and [then1] sources.”
Energy Transfer LP (formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.) v. Greenpeace Int'l ..., 7 N.W.3d 153 (Minn. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “The protections of the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act (MFFIA), Minn. Stat. §§ 595.021 -.025 (2022), are not limited only to newsgathering information obtained by means of lawful, nontortious conduct.”
State v. Astleford, 323 N.W.2d 733 (Minn. 1982). · cites it 2× “Whether a news investigator-broadcaster who possesses facts and information germane or material to the Defendant’s claim of police misconduct may be compelled to testify at a hearing on the Defendant’s Motions for Dismissal and Suppression over an objection that his testimony…”
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