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Nebraska Supreme Court Reverses Injunction Against Ban on Prisoner-Prisoner Marriages

Loaded on July 1, 2018 published in Prison Legal News July, 2018, page 13
Filed under: Marriage. Location: Nebraska.

On September 29, 2017, the Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a state district court’s summary judgment order and grant of injunctive relief that enjoined the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) from denying a marriage ceremony via videoconference to two prisoners who wanted to marry, or enforcing its policy prohibiting such ...

 

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