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

Incident Details

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

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Las Vegas judge orders Review-Journal and AP not to report on publicly-available autopsy report

Incident Details

Updated On: February 27, 2018
Date of Incident: February 9, 2018
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Associated Press

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Judge orders Los Angeles Times to delete published article about plea deal

Incident Details

Updated On: July 17, 2018
Date of Incident: July 14, 2018
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Los Angeles Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Los Angeles County judge orders reporters not to publish courtroom photographs

Incident Details

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

Incident Details

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

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

California orders reporters not to write about sealed search warrant

Incident Details

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

Status of Prior Restraint →: Dropped

Court orders journalist to write blog, censor replies as part of sentencing

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 11, 2019
Location: Franklin, North Carolina
Targets: Davin Eldridge (Trappalachia)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Upheld

Colorado judge strikes down order preventing CBS4 from publishing

Incident Details

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

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

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