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STATE of Louisiana v. Brandon S. BUTLER
    No. 17-KK-1533
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    12/15/2017
   ON SUPERVISORY WRITS TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF BOSSIER !

PER CURIAM:

11Writ granted. “It is axiomatic that the limitation on First Amendment freedoms must be ‘no greater than is essential to the protection of the particular governmental interest involved.’ ” United States v. Brown, 218 F.3d 415, 429 (5th Cir. 2000) (quoting Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396, 94 S.Ct. 1800, 1811, 40 L.Ed.2d 224 (1974)). We find that the gag order in the present case is not sufficiently- narrow to eliminate only that speech having a substantial, likelihood of materially impairing the district court’s ability to conduct a fair trial. Furthermore, it does not comport with the “general First Amendment principle that restrictions on speech should employ the least restrictive means possible.” Id. at 430. Accordingly, we vacate the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED