Biography
Doris Adams served twenty-eight days in the Ochiltree and Roberts County jails after Judge Grainger McIlhany held her in contempt over a letter criticizing law-enforcement procedures. On February 13, 1984, she filed a federal lawsuit challenging the confinement, represented by Texas Civil Liberties Union lawyer Jim Harrington.
Doris Adams served twenty-eight days in the Ochiltree and Roberts County jails after Judge Grainger McIlhany held her in contempt over a letter criticizing law-enforcement procedures. On February 13, 1984, she filed a federal lawsuit challenging the confinement, represented by Texas Civil Liberties Union lawyer Jim Harrington. Twenty-eight days actually served in the Ochiltree and Roberts County jails; exact admission and release days unreported.
