AP: U.S. Appeals Court in Chicago Revives Lawsuit on Books in Jail
From the Associated Press:
An appeals court has breathed life back into a lawsuit alleging policies at Cook County Jail in Illinois that limit the number of books inmates can have at a time violates their First Amendment rights.
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t rule on the constitutional question in its finding last week. It returned the case to the lower court that tossed it with instructions to reconsider the matter.
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See Also: Full Text of Court Opinion: Barbara Lyons v. Thomas J. Dart, 17-3170 (7th Cir. 2018)(via CourtListener)
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See Also: Jail Inmate Book-Limit Lawsuit Turns A Page (via Chicago Daily Law Bulletin; Subs Only)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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