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LOMAX v. FIEDLER

No. 95-2304.

204 Wis.2d 196 (1996)

554 N.W.2d 841

Adrian LOMAX, and Edge Cooperative, a Wisconsin cooperative, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Patrick FIEDLER, Terri Landwehr, Oscar Shade, Ronald Molnar, Christopher Ellerd, Linda Milliren, Pat Poe #1, Pat Poe #2, Pat Poe #3, Dan Buchler, Raymond Chavez, Mario Canziani, Jerry Konitzer, Jeff Smith, Ronald Torsella, Cathy Jess, Gregory Grams and Gordon A. Abrahamson, Defendants-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of Gillam Kerley of Madison.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, with Stephen J. Nicks, assistant attorney general.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman, P.J., and Vergeront, J.

EICH, C.J.

This appeal tests, on constitutional grounds, a prison's right to discipline an inmate, Adrian Lomax, for violation of prison rules, based on the content of articles written by him and sent to a newspaper, THE MADISON EDGE, for publication and eventual distribution inside the prison. It involves consideration of the appropriate standards for courts to apply in reviewing prison-imposed restrictions on inmates' First Amendment rights, as well as a determination...

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