Clarksdale withdraws lawsuit over newspaper editorial

Mississippi judge vacates order that newspaper remove editorial

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

Mississippi Newspaper Editorial Removed

FILE - Hinds County Chancery Judge Crystal Wise Martin listens to lawyer Rob McDuff, an attorney for Parents For Public Schools, during a hearing in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 23, 2022.

Mississippi City Drops Politically Motivated Lawsuit Against Newspaper Following National Outcry

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

Mississippi city drops libel lawsuit against local paper forced to remove editorial critical of officials

Clarksdale, Mississippi requested its recent libel lawsuit against the Clarksdale Press Register be dropped on Monday

Mississippi city drops libel lawsuit against local paper forced to remove editorial critical of officials – Democratic Accent

In a surprising reversal, Clarksdale, Mississippi, is dropping its lawsuit against a local paper after previously accusing it of libel. On Feb. 13, the City of Clarksdale’s four commissioners voted unanimously to sue the Clarksdale Press Register for what it claimed to be libel. Specifically, the city took issue with a Feb. 8 editorial titled “Secrecy, Deception Erode Public Trust” that claimed the mayor and commissioners did not properly inform…

Sanford: A Delta newspaper and an assault on freedom of the press

The Clarksdale Press Register garnered national attention recently after a judge ordered the paper to take down an editorial critical of Clarksdale’s elected officials.