Sections 595.021 to 595.025 may be cited as the "Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act."
Minn. Stat. § 595.021
NEWS MEDIA; PROTECTION OF SOURCES; CITATION.
Known as the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act
The act spans §§ 595–595 (10 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case United States v. Sterling (2013)
Most recently applied in Energy Transfer LP (formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.) v. Greenpeace International ... (May 2024)
1973 c 735 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 181
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.