Amatel v. Reno, No. 97-5293 (D.C. Cir.) (156 F.3d 192) (September 15, 1998) (Judge Stephen F. Williams)
Case reversed decision by Judge Sporkin which held that legislation and prison regulations that effectively prohibited distribution of publications such as Playboy and Penthouse were facially invalid under the First Amendment.
This case deals with a challenge brought by a group of prisoners and publishers challenging the constitutionality of a ...
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