Federal Court Sides with Tennessee Civil Rights Lawyer Daniel Horwitz, Rules Attorneys Cannot Face Contempt for Private Speech

Read MoreThe U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee last Thursday amended its local rules following a nearly three-year fight by Nashville-based civil rights attorney Daniel Horwitz, who filed a federal lawsuit after the court issued a gag order which prevented him from discussing a case against the private prison company, CoreCivic.

Horwitz filed the federal lawsuit last October, about two years after he was subject to a gag order over his public statements regarding CoreCivic. He was then representing clients suing the private prison company, who have since settled, and made a series of claims about the company while publicly advocating the case.

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