List of media law decisions in Germany
This page offers a list of the highest court media law decisions in Germany in chronological order.
Decisions made before 1970
- Lüth judgment BVerfGE 7, 198, Az. 1 BvR 400/51 (1958)
- Schmid-Spiegel judgment BVerfGE 12, 113
- 1. Broadcasting judgment Deutschland-Fernsehen-GmbH BVerfGE 12, 205–264 (1961)
- Spiegel judgment BVerfGE 20, 162
- Südkurier judgment BVerfGE 21, 271
- Blinkfüer decision BVerfGE 25, 256
- Leipziger Volkszeitung decision BVerfGE 27, 71
Decisions 1970–1979
- Mephisto decision BVerfGE 30, 173ff. (1971)
- 2. Broadcasting judgment on sales tax BVerfGE 31, 314 (1971)
- Prisoners BVerfGE 33, 1
- Censorship BVerfGE 33, 52
- Soraya BVerfGE 34, 269
- Lebach judgment BVerfGE 35, 202
- Germany magazine BVerfGE 42, 143
- Public relations work (of the Federal Government) BVerfGE 44, 125
- Electoral advertising broadcasts BVerfGE 47, 198
- Kölner Volksblatt BVerfGE 50, 234
- Trend establishment BVerfGE 52, 283
- Art criticism BVerfGE 54, 129
- Eppler BVerfGE 54, 148
- Böll BVerfGE 54, 208
Decisions 1980–1989
- 3. Broadcasting judgment FRAG BVerfGE 57, 295 (1981)
- Deposit copy BVerfGE 58, 137
- Freelance workers BVerfGE 59, 231
- Broadcasting Council BVerfGE 60, 53
- Loan sharks BVerfGE 60, 234
- Election campaign / CSU: NPD Europe BVerfGE 61, 1
- Call for boycott BVerfGE 62, 230
- Counter-notification, decision of the First Senate of February 8, 1983, Az. 1 BvL 20/81 ( BVerfGE 63, 131)
- Springer / Wallraff BVerfGE 66, 116
- Anachronistic move BVerfGE 67, 213
- Anti-nuclear badge BVerfGE 71, 108
- 4. Broadcasting judgment of Lower Saxony BVerfGE 73, 118 (1986)
- 5. Broadcasting judgment : Baden-Württemberg BVerfGE 74, 297 (1987)
- Strauss caricature BVerfGE 75, 369
- Seizure of film material BVerfGE 77, 65
- Press wholesale judgment BVerfGE 77, 346
- Postal newspaper service BVerfGE 80, 124
Decisions 1990–1999
- Zwangsdemokrat, BVerfGE 82, 272 (on the concept of abusive criticism )
- 6. Broadcasting judgment WDR, BVerfGE 83, 238 (1991)
- Josephine Mutzenbacher judgment, BVerfGE 83, 130
- Bayer shareholders, BVerfGE 85, 1
- Questions, BVerfGE 85, 23
- TITANIC / "born. Murderer, cripple ", BVerfGE 86, 1
- 7. Hesse broadcast judgment3 , BVerfGE 87, 181 (1992)
- "Dance of the Devil", BVerfGE 87, 209
- Bankruptcy of broadcasters, BVerfGE 89, 144
- Writings harmful to minors, BVerfGE 90, 1
- Auschwitz lie, BVerfGE 90, 241
- Parabolic antenna I, BVerfGE 90, 27
- 8th broadcasting judgment broadcasting fee, BVerfGE 90, 60 (1994)
- TV recordings in the courtroom, BVerfGE 91, 125
- 9. Broadcasting judgment , BVerfGE 92, 203 EC television directive (1995)
- Parabolic antenna II, BVerfGE 92, 126
- Soldiers are murderers judgment, BVerfGE 93, 266
- Works newspapers, BVerfGE 95, 28
- Warning notices for tobacco products, BVerfGE 95, 173
- Record-keeping requirement, BVerfGE 95, 220
- Saarland Press Act, BVerfGE 97, 157
- Stern, BVerfG, 1 BvR 765/97
- Court television I judgment , BVerfG 1 BvQ 17/00
- Court television II judgment , BVerfG 103, 44
- 10. Broadcasting judgment on short reporting, BVerfGE 97, 228 (1998)
- 11th broadcast judgment , Extra Radio Hof, BVerfGE 97, 298 (1998)
- Liability for links, LG Hamburg, 312 O 85/98 (May 12, 1998)
- Urban Planning, BGH, I ZR 81/96 (May 28, 1998)
- Liability for advertisements, BGH I ZR 120/96 (October 15, 1998)
- Caroline von Monaco judgment I , BVerfG, 1 BvR 1861/93, BVerfGE (??), 1864/96, 2073/97 (1998)
- Focus, BVerfG, 1 BvR 1435/98
- Rights of use to photographs, OLG Hamburg, 3 U 212/97 (November 5, 1998)
- Electronic press archives, BGH, I ZR 100/96 (December 10, 1998)
Decisions 2000–2009
- Caroline von Monaco judgment II , BVerfGE 101, 361
- Protection of the privacy of children, BVerfG, 1 BvR 1454/97
- Benetton decisions : child labor, oil-polluted duck, HIV-positive I and II –– BVerfGE 102, 347
- Photo reporting, BVerfG, 1 BvR 758/97
- Press trips, BVerwGE 47, 247
- Beautiful betting ruling , BGH (2004)
- Ricardo judgment , BGHZ 158, 236–253
- Junge Freiheit judgment , BVerfG, 1 BvR 1072/01 (May 24, 2005)
- 12. Broadcasting judgment , BVerfG, Az. 1 BvR 2270/05 (September 11, 2007)
- 13th Broadcasting judgment , BVerfG, Az. 2 BvF 4/03 (March 12, 2008)
See also
Web links
- Christoph Gröpl : “Broadcasting decisions ” of the Federal Constitutional Court (PDF, 71 kB), status: 2009, accessed from the Saarland University website
- Most of the decisions mentioned here are available in full in the offer of the University of Bern
