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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.

The Hill on MSN · 6d

Mississippi judge orders local paper to remove editorial, sparking outrage

A Mississippi judge issued a Tuesday order forcing the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial criticizing city officials, sparking First Amendment concerns and pushback from press

WREG · 8d

MS city says newspaper must remove critical editorial

The city of Clarksdale, Mississippi says a judge has granted a temporary restraining order against the local newspaper over an editorial that was critical of city government. The

The Boston Globe · 11h

Mississippi judge vacates order for newspaper to remove editorial criticizing local leaders

The judge’s order had been widely condemned by free speech advocates as a clear violation of the paper’s First Amendment rights.

Reason on MSN · 16h

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,

oxfordeagle19h

Clarksdale newspaper ruling is puzzling, disturbing

By Sid Salter Columnist Hinds County Chancellor Crystal Wise Martin kicked a political and judicial hornet’s nest in issuing a Feb. 18 temporary restraining order that required a Mississippi newspaper ...

Yazoo Herald14h

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.

1don MSN

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 the notice of dismissal, acknowledging the restraining order and motion to ...

7don MSN

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 ...

Truthout18h

Mississippi City Drops Lawsuit Against Newspaper Following National Outcry

The city's actions this month "awakened the entire First Amendment community nationally," the paper's owner said.

6don MSN

Mississippi Delta newspaper ordered to remove editorial by judge, vows to fight

A small Mississippi newspaper was ordered to remove an editorial after a lawsuit filed by city officials, but the paper's ...

The Washington Post6d

Mississippi city stuns newspaper with restraining order over editorial

A Mississippi judge ordered a local newspaper to take down an editorial criticizing its mayor and city council Tuesday, in a move that has alarmed free-speech advocates across the country and ...

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