A new legal test over the search of a reporter’s home draws on a 1978 Supreme Court case involving The Stanford Daily and has prompted federal action to shield journalists, sources say. The historical suit sparked bipartisan backlash and ultimately contributed to legislation that offers protections for reporters facing government searches tied to newsroom records. The current dispute raises questions for campus publications, student journalists and university counsel about law enforcement access to reporters’ records and the interplay between investigative priorities and press freedoms on campus. University legal teams and student media advisers are watching the case because its outcome could redefine protections for campus reporting and the obligations institutions have to protect student journalists’ materials.