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PLN Obtains Injunction Against Fulton County Jail in Censorship Suit
Loaded on March 15, 2008
by Alex Friedmann
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2008, page 31
On February 4, 2008 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News over censorship at the Fulton County Jail.
Filed under:
Injunctions,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Mootness,
Publications/Books,
Media,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Georgia.
PLN brought suit against Fulton County and Sheriff Myron Freeman on October 22, 2007 due ...
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