Attorneys for the Southern Poverty Law Center are allowed to discuss a civil rights case involving treatment of plaintiffs in a private Juvenile Detention Center.
A federal judge found that a fair trial would not be compromised by statements from plaintiffs or their attorneys. The judge noted that while “Defendants are dismayed by the extrajudicial statements at issue in this case, since such statements challenge the Defendants’ business activities and actions…such dismay does not amount to the legal requirement for this type of protective order.” -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 4, 2011, by Kacey Deamer.
Federal judge in Florida blocks bid for gag order in civil rights case
Attorneys for the Southern Poverty Law Center are allowed to discuss a civil rights case involving treatment of plaintiffs in a private Juvenile Detention Center.
A federal judge found that a fair trial would not be compromised by statements from plaintiffs or their attorneys. The judge noted that while “Defendants are dismayed by the extrajudicial statements at issue in this case, since such statements challenge the Defendants’ business activities and actions…such dismay does not amount to the legal requirement for this type of protective order.” -db
From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 4, 2011, by Kacey Deamer.
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