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Lillian Swanson | In Camden County, a First Amendment clashBy Lillian SwansonInquirer ColumnistTwo great institutions - the courts and the press - crashed headlong into each other last week in a Camden County courtroom.On one side were dedicated reporters fighting for their right, under the Constitution, to do their jobs. On the other side was a committed judiciary, responsible for a fair trial for a murder suspect, Rabbi Fred J. Neulander, and appalled that a court order had been ignored.The First Amendment challenge made for high drama - four sheriff's deputies in the courtroom - and more than a few...

Posted on Mon, Jun. 17, 2002Judge rules four Inquirer reporters guilty of contempt By Rita GiordanoInquirer Staff WriterCAMDEN - A Superior Court judge ruled today that four Inquirer reporters were guilty of contempt for violating a court order restricting the media from contacting or identifying jurors in the murder trial of Rabbi Fred Neulander .In a 21-page opinion, Judge Theodore Z. Davis found that staff writers George Anastasia, Dwight Ott and Emilie Lounsberry had violated an order by Judge Linda G. Baxter not to "contact or attempt to interview" any members of the jury, including after the case ended in...