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Judge orders ProPublica Illinois, other media, not to publish details of juvenile court case

Incident Details

Updated on: April 15, 2019
Date of incident: March 14, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Media, ProPublica Illinois

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

New Yorker staff writer subpoenaed for 'all documents' around 2014 article

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Nicholas Schmidle (The New Yorker)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

Nov. 8, 2019: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Second subpoena issued for content of Illinois watchdog’s Dropbox account

Incident Details

Updated on: July 10, 2019
Date of incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

March 1, 2025: Objected to

April 16, 2019: Upheld

Unknown date: Objected to

July 10, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Third-party: Dropbox (tech company)
Legal order venue →: State

Subpoena issued for Illinois-based government watchdog’s communications

Incident Details

Updated on: May 31, 2024
Date of incident: February 19, 2019
Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 19, 2019: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

Unknown date: Carried out
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

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
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Federal judge orders Chicago Sun-Times not to publish information

Incident Details

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

Status of prior restraint →: Ignored
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Subpoena issued for contents of Illinois government watchdog’s Dropbox account

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 23, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 23, 2019: Pending

Feb. 8, 2019: Objected to

Feb. 11, 2019: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

Journalist Jamie Kalven subpoenaed to testify in police officer trial

Incident Details

Updated on: November 28, 2018
Date of incident: November 16, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Jamie Kalven (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Nov. 16, 2018: Pending

Nov. 27, 2018: Objected to

Nov. 28, 2018: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

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