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VODICKA v. PHELPS

No. 78-3081.

624 F.2d 569 (1980)

John VODICKA and Gary Tyler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. C. Paul PHELPS, Individually and in his Capacity as Secretary for the Department of Corrections for the State of Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. James Kellogg, Mary E. Howell, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Marvin Montgomery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, TJOFLAT and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Vodicka is the director of an organization called the Louisiana Coalition on Jails and Prisons (LCJP), a private group whose stated purposes are to assist prison inmates and former inmates and to lobby for prison reform. The LCJP publishes a newsletter called "Inside". This suit arises from the refusal of Louisiana corrections officials to permit a mass mailing of 500 copies of the July 1977 issue of "Inside", sent through the mail...

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