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Reports on a lawsuit filed by Coretta Scott King against Boston University for the return of the papers of the late Martin Luther King Jr. King's deposit of his papers at the university in 1968; Claim that the papers belong to King's estate, not the university; Proposal that the papers be kept at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.

Informs that the University of California at San Francisco can continue to display on the World Wide Web papers stolen from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. The June 1995 ruling by the California Supreme Court; The papers' revelation that tobacco companies concealed the addictiveness of nicotine from the public for years; How the university obtained the papers; Number of users accessing the papers on the Web site; Details.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by the `Daily Nexus', University of California of Santa Barbara's campus paper, against Governor Pete Wilson and the University of California Board of Regents for allegedly violating the state's open meeting law. Board of Regents' roll back of affirmative action in admissions after private phone calls with Wilson; Demands in the suit.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by 'The Indianapolis Star' against Indiana University in Indiana concerning the investigations that led to the firing of basketball coach Bob Knight. Newspaper's efforts to open the investigation files to the public; Public's reaction to the paper's move; Reason for Knight's dismissal.

Comments on the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of `The Miami Student vs. Miami University,' which let stand a Supreme Court of Ohio's ruling that the school must make public the disciplinary records of its campus court. Background on the case filed by journalists of `The Miami Student' against the Oxford, Ohio school; Significance of the case for student papers in the United States.

Cites the court order for University of Toledo to halt its search for a new athletics director until it resolves a suit by the Toledo `Blade' over public records and open meetings. Claims made by the paper in its lawsuit against the university; University's contention that it did not intentionally withhold public documents.