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Incidents: prior restraint, municipal level
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
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ContinentNorth America
TacticPrior restraint 1
StageSilence 1
OutcomeReversed 1
LevelMunicipal 1
Head of governmentEurith D. Rivers
United States: Supreme Court strikes down a Georgia city's permit requirement for distributing literature, 1938
The city of Griffin, Georgia, required written permission from the city manager before anyone could distribute pamphlets, circulars or magazines within its limits, treating unlicensed distribution as a punishable nuisance. Alma Lovell was…
Prior restraint · Stage Silence · Head of government Eurith D. Rivers · Reversed
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