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Sarasota Herald-Tribune prohibited from publishing deputies’ names

Incident Details

Updated On: June 27, 2022
Date of Incident: June 10, 2022
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Targets: Melissa Pérez-Carrillo (Sarasota Herald-Tribune), Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Denver Gazette barred from publishing article based on mistakenly released documents

Incident Details

Updated On: April 28, 2022
Date of Incident: April 25, 2022
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Targets: Julia Cardi (The Denver Gazette)

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down

Minneapolis to pay $100,000 settlement over public records lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 27, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Tony Webster (Independent)

Other Incident

Massachusetts city ordered to pay legal fees to news outlet for violating public records law

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 26, 2022
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Targets: Telegram & Gazette

Other Incident

City of Jackson, Mississippi, ordered to pay legal fees to broadcast station for violating public records law

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 6, 2021
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: WLBT News

Other Incident

Judge orders New Mexico public school district to pay news outlets for violating state public records act

Incident Details

Date of Incident: April 19, 2021
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Targets: Albuquerque Journal, KOB-TV

Other Incident

Reporter for The Advocate, The Times-Picayune sued by Louisiana attorney general over public records request

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 5, 2021
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Targets: Andrea Gallo (The Advocate and The Times-Picayune)

Chilling Statement

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

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