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Pennsylvania went before the Supreme Court to defend its policy of denying most newspapers, magazines, and photographs to its most incorrigible prison inmates against claims that the restriction violates the First Amendment. The appeals court's 2-to-1 ruling set aside a federal district court's judgment for the state, leading to Pennsylvania's Supreme Court appeal. The argument in the Supreme Court was more lopsided than the eventual decision might be.