The Associated Press v. C.L. Otter

FILED

FOR PUBLICATION JUN 08 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, a New York No. 12-35456 corporation; IDAHO STATESMAN PUBLISHING, LLC, a Delaware limited D.C. No. 1:12-cv-00255-EJL liability company doing business as The Idaho Statesman; LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, a Delaware ORDER AMENDING corporation doing business as The Times- OPINION News; THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB, INC., an Idaho corporation; PIONEER NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Nevada corporation doing business as Idaho Press- Tribune, Idaho State Journal, Standard Journal, Teton Valley News, The News- Examiner, The Preston Citizen, and Messenger Index; TPC HOLDINGS, INC., an Idaho corporation doing business as Lewiston Tribune and Moscow-Pullman Daily News; BAR BAR INC., an Idaho corporation doing business as Boise Weekly; COWLES PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Washington corporation doing business as The Spokesman-Review;

IDAHOANS FOR OPENNESS IN

GOVERNMENT, INC., an Idaho non- profit corporation,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, in his…