California Newspaper Wins Appeal; May Report On Lawsuit Against It

The Orange County Register has won its appeal of a trial court judge’s order that it be banned from reporting on the testimony given during the lawsuit in which the paper is a defendant. Newspaper carriers are suing the Register over its labor practices. Judge David Velasquez had banned the Register’s reporters from the courtroom but the 4th District Court of Appeal has ruled that such an order constitutes a prior restraint. Read more here in a story from the AP. Read the opinion here. Read the modification in judgment here.