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Restraining order made permanent in polygamous schoolhouse case

Restraining order made permanent in polygamous schoolhouse case

By lindsay whitehurst
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 23, 2012 04:56PM MDT

A judge has granted a permanent restraining order barring polygamous sect leaders loyal to Warren Jeffs from a large school building used as a church by followers of a rival prophet.
In a hearing Monday, 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg ordered the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints not to “interfere” or “harass” people using the Holm School Building. FLDS attorneys did not appear at the hearing.
The ruling comes after a high-tension December standoff over growing divis...

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