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Fed Court tells NY to back off Russell Simmons and Hip Hop Summit

FEDERAL COURT ISSUES ORDER SUSPENDING NY LOBBYING COMMISSION INVESTIGATION OF RUSSELL SIMMONS AND THE HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK

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NEW YORK, N.Y. -- OCTOBER 2, 2003 - Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, who together with the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, filed a lawsuit in July of this year charging the New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying with violating their First Amendment rights, reconvened in federal court this morning to ask Judge Loretta A. Preska to enforce the suspension of the Lobbying Commission's investigation into Russell Simmons and Dr. Chavis.

Today, Judge Loretta A. Preska issued an order suspending the Lobbying Commission's investigation into Plaintiffs' First Amendment activities, which were aimed at raising public awareness about the unfairness of the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The Judge found that the Lobbying Commission had unfairly tried to back out of a court-approved agreement to suspend the investigation. The suspension that Judge Preska ordered today will last until the Court can issue a full decision in this case.

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