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Iowa judge orders Des Moines Register not to publish article about attorney

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Date of Incident: December 11, 2017
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Targets: Clark Kauffman (Des Moines Register)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

California orders reporters not to write about sealed search warrant

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Date of Incident: October 17, 2018
Location: Orange County, California

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Los Angeles County judge orders reporters not to publish courtroom photographs

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Date of Incident: September 26, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Judge orders LA Times not to publish descriptions of defendant in murder trial

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Date of Incident: October 10, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Federal judge orders Chicago Sun-Times not to publish information

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Date of Incident: January 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Sun-Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Ignored

Illinois County judge orders watchdog publication not to publish school records released by lawyer

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 4, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Better Government Association

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Colorado judge strikes down order preventing CBS4 from publishing

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Date of Incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: KCNC-TV CBS4

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Pennsylvania journalist barred from publishing document mistakenly made public, order vacated

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Date of Incident: May 30, 2019
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Targets: Reid Frazier (Allegheny Front, StateImpact Pennsylvania, 90.5 WESA)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

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