NC judge grants then dissolves restraining order barring TV station from airing investigative report
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Targets
- David Hodges (WBTV)
Prior Restraint
Data Tracked For This Category
News organizations or journalists who are ordered by a judge not to publish information under threat of punishment.
Recent Incidents
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California journalists sued for ‘hacking’ city’s open Dropbox folder; barred from publishing
- Updated on
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Fullerton, California
- Targets
- Friends for Fullerton’s Future
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Pennsylvania journalist barred from publishing document mistakenly made public, order vacated
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Targets
- Reid Frazier (The Allegheny Front), StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Judge orders ProPublica Illinois, other media, not to publish details of juvenile court case
- Updated on
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Targets
- Media, ProPublica Illinois
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Illinois County judge orders watchdog publication not to publish school records released by lawyer
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Targets
- Better Government Association
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Federal judge orders Chicago Sun-Times not to publish information
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Targets
- Chicago Sun-Times
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Colorado judge strikes down order preventing CBS4 from publishing
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
- Targets
- KCNC-TV
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Court orders journalist to write blog, censor replies as part of sentencing
- Date of Incident
- Location
- Franklin, North Carolina
- Targets
- Davin Eldridge (Trappalachia)
