THE LUPARAR v. STONEMAN

Civ. A. No. 73-95.

382 F.Supp. 495 (1974)

THE LUPARAR et al. v. R. Kent STONEMAN, Individually and as Commissioner of the Department of Corrections of the State of Vermont, and Julius Moeykens, Individually and as acting Warden of the Vermont State Prison at Windsor, Vermont.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

September 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kohn, American Civ. Liberties Union of Vermont, Inc., Montpelier, Vt., for plaintiffs.

Alan W. Cook, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Vt., for defendants.


COFFRIN, District Judge.

This case presents serious questions concerning the right of prisoners to publish a prison newspaper and the right of the state if such a paper is published to impose guidelines on the types of articles that may be published, to suppress distribution of an issue, and to terminate the publication if it so desires.

The case is grounded upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional complement, 28 U.S.C. § 1343. Plaintiffs seek...

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