INDEX NEWSPAPERS LLC v. CITY OF PORTLAND

Case No. 3:20-cv-1035-SI.

480 F.Supp.3d 1120 (2020)

INDEX NEWSPAPERS LLC d/b/a Portland Mercury; Doug Brown; Brian Conley; Sam Gehrke; Mathieu Lewis-Rolland; Kat Mahoney; Sergio Olmos; John Rudoff; Alex Milan Tracy; Tuck Woodstock; Justin Yau; and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PORTLAND; John Does 1-60; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and U.S. Marshals Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

Signed August 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Borden , J. Noah Hagey , Athul K. Acharya , and Gunnar K. Martz , Braunhagey & Borden LLP, 351 California Street, Tenth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104; Kelly K. Simon , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon, P.O. Box 40585, Portland, OR 97240. Of Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Denis M. Vannier and Naomi Sheffield , Senior Deputy City Attorneys; Ryan C. Bailey , Deputy City Attorney; and Youngwoo Joh , Assistant Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Room 430, Portland, OR 97204. Of Attorneys for Defendant City of Portland.

Ethan P. Davis , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Billy J. Williams , United States Attorney for the District of Oregon; David M. Morrell , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Alexander K. Hass , Director, Federal Programs Branch; Brigham J. Bowen , Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch; Joshua E. Gardner , Special Counsel, Federal Programs Branch; Andrew I. Warden , Senior Trial Counsel; Jeffrey A. Hall , Jordan L. Von Bokern , and Keri L. Berman , Trial Attorneys; U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, 1100 L. Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20530. Of Attorneys for Defendants U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Marshals Service.

James L. Buchal , Murphy & Buchal llp, 3425 SE Yamhill Street, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97214. Of Attorney for Amicus Curiae National Police Association.

Duane A. Bosworth , Davis Wright Tremaine llp, 1300 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400, Portland, OR 97201; Katie Townsend , Gabe Rottman , and Adam A. Marshall , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Washington, D.C. 20005. Of Attorneys for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 News Media Organizations.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST FEDERAL DEFENDANTS

"Open government has been a hallmark of our democracy since our nation's founding." Leigh v. Salazar, 677 F.3d 892, 897 (9th Cir. 2012). "When wrongdoing is underway, officials have great...

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