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

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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

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

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

Incident Details

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

NC judge grants then dissolves restraining order barring TV station from airing investigative report

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 13, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: David Hodges (WBTV News 3)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Appellate judge rules California blog can publish — but not destroy — city records

Incident Details

Updated On: May 12, 2021
Date of Incident: March 12, 2020
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton's Future

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

New York judge strikes down orders barring publication of book by Trump’s niece

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 30, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Mary L. Trump, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

NY court issues prior restraint against The New York Times

Incident Details

Updated On: February 10, 2022
Date of Incident: November 18, 2021
Location: White Plains, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

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