Legal Opinion
Tsokalas v. Purtill
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided February 25, 1991No. Civ. 2 91 CV 00028 (TEC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
CLARIE, Senior District Judge.
By motion dated January 14, 1991, the plaintiffs, Leo Tsokalas, Brian Garnett, and Post Newsweek Stations, seek a preliminary injunction enjoining the confiscation of a sketch drawn by the plaintiff Tsokalas, and enjoining a court order prohibiting publication of likenesses of jurors in the state criminal prosecution of Joe Lomax, State v. Lomax. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the instant action on the basis of the Younger abstention doctrine, and a memorándum in…
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