CINCINNATI (CN) — Assurances from the city of Memphis it has no plans to return to an email listserv to notify media members about press releases and upcoming events were enough to convince the Sixth Circuit a reporter’s First Amendment were properly dismissed by a federal judge. In a decision released only three days after the case was argued, a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based appeals court found no reason to reinstate a lawsuit filed by Wendi Thomas, founder and editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. The suit was premised on claims Thomas had been blackballed and removed from the city’s listserv after coverage critical of Mayor Jim Strickland, who had also refused her interview requests.