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Prisoner Wins Ban on Military Catalog
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1991, page 4
A prisoner filed a civil rights complaint alleging that his constitutional guarantees were violated by prison officials refusing to allow him to receive a military surplus catalog. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff on the catalog issue, awarding him $1 in damages.
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability,
Mail,
Sexually Explicit Materials,
Catalogs.
Location:
Missouri.
On appeal the court upheld the ...
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