U.S. district court media access. (Free Speech, Expression, Association).The Chicago Reader The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1971<ref name="Reader "about" page">About the Chicago Reader, Inc. Publications. Chicago Reader, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. v. Sheahan, 141 F.Supp.2d 1142 (N.D.Ill. 2001). A newspaper publisher and a reporter brought a [section] 1983 suit against county officials, alleging First Amendment violations by refusing the reporter access to the jail in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for a previously-published negative newspaper story. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor the plaintiff, finding that denying the reporter access to a legal aid program for incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. mothers was sufficient harm to support a retaliation claim, and that denial of access was based on the content of the reporter's prior article, in violation of the First Amendment. The court noted that a reporter might tone down a critical article if she feared that jail officials might terminate or restrict her future access. (Cook County Jail, Illinois) |
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