[Infowarrior] - Wikileaks back on the air

[Richard Forno]

US judge reverses ruling in Julius Baer leak case
Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:00pm EST
 
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSN2
924014120080229

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday reversed his
earlier ruling that barred to a Web site with private bank account data from
Switzerland's Julius Baer Holding AG.

The judge reversed himself after hearing arguments by free-speech advocates
that his decision amounted to unconstitutional prior restraint.

"There are serious questions of prior restraint and possible violations of
the First Amendment," U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled from the bench
in his San Francisco courtroom.

"The court has serious questions whether those concerns raised before the
court make the granting of the relief requested by the plaintiffs
constitutionally appropriate," he added. (Reporting by Philipp Gollner,
editing by Leslie Gevirtz)

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