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POLK v. U.S.

No. 71-5459.

404 U.S. 1053 (1972)

POLK v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 17, 1972.

Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN concurs.

I would grant certiorari in this case. Prison censorship of mail discovered a letter written by an inmate which at the trial of the inmate was used to convict him. The evils of censorship are thus compounded. The right of privacy protected by the Bill of Rights (Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479) is re-emphasized when government...

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