Mississippi Judge Lifts Order That Forced Newspaper to Remove an Editorial
The judge’s order against The Clarksdale Press Register in Clarksdale, Miss., had alarmed press advocates, who said it was a violation of the First Amendment.
Mississippi city drops libel lawsuit against local paper forced to remove editorial critical of officials
The City of Clarksdale agreed to drop its lawsuit against the Clarksdale Press Register after successfully forcing them to take down an editorial last week.
Mississippi city drops lawsuit over newspaper editorial that judge ordered removed
A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a judge in a case that sparked widespread outrage from First Amendment advocates.
Judge Orders Newspaper To Delete Editorial Critical of City Government
A city sued a local newspaper for libel over an editorial that was critical of the local government. A judge took the city's side and ordered the editorial scrubbed from the internet. The city backed down amid backlash,
Mississippi judge orders local paper to remove editorial critical of city council
A judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Clarksdale Press Register on Tuesday on behalf of the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi over an editorial.
Mississippi judge vacates her order that a newspaper remove its editorial criticizing local leaders
A Mississippi judge on Wednesday vacated her order that a newspaper remove its editorial criticizing local officials, days after a city decided to drop the lawsuit that spurred it. The judge’s order had been widely condemned by free speech advocates as a clear violation of the paper’s First Amendment rights.
Clarksdale, MS paper to republish editorial after city officials' restraining order tossed
City officials' court action against the newspaper is now a small part of the Delta town's history, but a big part in debate ...
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Salter: Controversial ruling against Clarksdale newspaper is puzzling, disturbing and ironic
Columnist Sid Salter takes a look at the players in the Clarksdale-Emmerich newspaper case ahead of the February 27 hearing.
A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial. Press advocates are outraged
A Mississippi judge ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing the mayor and city leaders after the officials ...
Clarksdale MS withdraws defamation lawsuit over Clarksdale Press Register editorial
Attorney David Dunbar on behalf of the Clarksdale Press Register, Publisher Floyd Ingram and Emmerich Newspapers responded to ...
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Clarksdale withdraws lawsuit over newspaper editorial
The city of Clarksdale withdrew a lawsuit Tuesday filed against a newspaper for an editorial it published accusing the city ...
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City moves to dismiss suit against paper
The city of Clarksdale on Monday filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against the Clarksdale Press Register and ...
Brickbat: The Public's Right To Know Nothing
Hinds County, Mississippi, Chancery Court Judge Crystal Wise Martin ordered the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an ...
How Tiny City’s Butthurt Mayor Became Bigger Press Freedom Killer than Trump
The tiny city of Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta has given the world the musicians Sam Cooke and John Lee Hooker and ...