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 judge vacates her order that a newspaper remove its editorial criticizing local leaders
Associated Press (AP) — 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.
City of Clarksdale asks judge to dismiss restraining order against newspaper over editorial
The city of Clarksdale on Monday filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against the Clarksdale Press Register and a judge’s order that required the newspaper to remove an editorial from its website,
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.
Hinds County judge orders Clarksdale newspaper to remove editorial, alarming press advocates
Mississippi judge's order that a newspaper take down an editorial criticizing local officials has drawn nationwide attention.
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,
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...