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Damage Award and Attorney Fees in Censorship Suit Affirmed
Loaded on April 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1998, page 16
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit affirmed a district court ruling awarding a prisoner $1 in damages and $500 in punitive damages against prison officials who censored racist religious publications pursuant to a "blanket ban" on such materials. The court also awarded the plaintiff $4,971 in attorney fees ...
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
PLRA,
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Damages,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations.
Location:
Iowa.
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