A federal jury in a civil trial on Thursday ruled that Ashland Mayor Fred Schnook caused the removal of campaign signs from city property during a festival last year. But contrary to a Friday Duluth News Tribune story, the jury determined his actions in that instance did not deprive candidate Barb Linton of her First Amendment rights, according to a copy of the jury verdict.

In a second part to the verdict, however, the jury agreed with Linton. It said Schnook deprived her and her campaign treasurer of their First Amendment rights by stopping them from handing out political literature during Ashland's Bay Days last July.

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