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Paper may print name in Commandments case, judge says BY TODD COOPER WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN - A federal judge refused Tuesday to prohibit The World-Herald from publishing the name of a Plattsmouth man who has sued the city over a Ten Commandments monument. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf directed sharp questions at attorneys for both the ACLU and The World-Herald before deciding not to restrict the newspaper from printing the man's name. The U.S. Supreme Court has never upheld a court order restraining a newspaper prior to publication. And Kopf said he wasn't about to depart from that standard. "A...

September 21, 2004 ACLU requests restraint on press BY TODD COOPER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER In a stark turnabout from its free-speech advocacy, the ACLU urged a judge Monday to prevent the Omaha World-Herald from publishing the name of the Plattsmouth, Neb., man who sued the city over a Ten Commandments monument. 10 Commandments Monument in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Amy Miller, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union Nebraska, asked the U.S. District Court for an order prohibiting The World-Herald from disclosing the man's identity, arguing that his safety and well-being would be endangered. The newspaper vowed to fight the ACLU's...